The order Herpesvirales
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VIROLOGY DIVISION NEWS
The order Herpesvirales Andrew J. Davison · Richard Eberle · Bernhard Ehlers · Gary S. Hayward · Duncan J. McGeoch · Anthony C. Minson · Philip E. Pellett · Bernard Roizman · Michael J. Studdert · Etienne Thiry
Received: 22 October 2008 / Accepted: 12 November 2008 / Published online: 9 December 2008 © Springer-Verlag 2008
Abstract The taxonomy of herpesviruses has been updated by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). The former family Herpesviridae has been split into three families, which have been incorporated into the new order Herpesvirales. The revised family Herpesviridae retains the mammal, bird and reptile viruses, the new family Alloherpesviridae incorporates the fish and frog viruses, and the new family Malacoherpesviridae contains a bivalve virus. Three new genera have been created in the family Herpesviridae, namely Proboscivirus in the subfamily Betaherpesvirinae and Macavirus and Percavirus in the subfamily Gammaherpesvirinae. These genera have been formed by the transfer of species from established genera and the erection of new species, and other new species have been added to some of the established genera. In addition, the names of some nonhuman primate virus species have been changed. The family Alloherpesviridae has been populated by transfer of the genus Ictalurivirus
and addition of the new species Cyprinid herpesvirus 3. The family Malacoherpesviridae incorporates the new genus Ostreavirus containing the new species Ostreid herpesvirus 1.
A. J. Davison (&) · D. J. McGeoch MRC Virology Unit, Institute of Virology, University of Glasgow, Church Street, Glasgow G11 5JR, UK e-mail: [email protected]
P. E. Pellett Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA e-mail: [email protected]
R. Eberle Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA B. Ehlers Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany G. S. Hayward Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
The classification of herpesviruses has been updated as a result of recommendations made to the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV; http://www. ictvonline.org) by the Herpesviridae Study Group as it was constituted in the period 2002–2005. The purpose of this report is to convey the taxonomic changes. Morphologically, herpesviruses are distinct from all other viruses. A linear, double-stranded DNA genome of 125–290 kbp is contained within a T = 16 icosahedral capsid, which is surrounded by a proteinaceous matrix dubbed the tegument and then by a lipid envelope
B. Roizman Marjorie B. Kovler Viral Oncology Laboratories, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA M. J. Studdert School of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia E. Thiry Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lie`ge, Lie`ge, Belgium
A. C. Minson Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Table 1 The order Herpesvirales Taxon
Namea
Order
Herpesvirales
Family
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