Taxonomy of prokaryotic viruses: 2018-2019 update from the ICTV Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee

Adriaenssens, Evelien M.;Sullivan, Matthew B.;Knezevic, Petar;van Zyl, Leonardo J.;Krupovic, Mart;et.al.
(2020) Archives of Virology — Vol. 165, n° 5, p. 1253-1260 (2020)

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  • Adriaenssens, Evelien M.orcid-logoQuadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7UQ, UK
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  • Sullivan, Matthew B.orcid-logoDepartment of Microbiology and Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
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  • Knezevic, Petarorcid-logoDepartment of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
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  • van Zyl, Leonardo J.orcid-logoDepartment of Biotechnology, Institute for Microbial Biotechnology and Metagenomics (IMBM), University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Cape Town, 7535, South Africa
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  • Gillis, Annikaorcid-logoUCLouvain
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  • Krupovic, Martorcid-logoArchaeal Virology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, 75015, Paris, France.
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This article is a summary of the activities of the ICTV's Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee for the years 2018 and 2019. Highlights include the creation of a new order, 10 families, 22 subfamilies, 424 genera and 964 species. Some of our concerns about the ICTV's ability to adjust to and incorporate new DNA- and protein-based taxonomic tools are discussed.
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Adriaenssens, E. M., Sullivan, M. B., Knezevic, P., van Zyl, L. J., Sarkar, B. L., Dutilh, B. E., Alfenas-Zerbini, P., Łobocka, M., Tong, Y., Brister, J. R., Moreno Switt, A. I., Klumpp, J., Aziz, R. K., Barylski, J., Uchiyama, J., Edwards, R. A., Kropinski, A. M., Petty, N. K., Clokie, M. R. J., et al. (2020). Taxonomy of prokaryotic viruses: 2018-2019 update from the ICTV Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee. Archives of Virology, 165(5), 1253-1260. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-020-04577-8 (Original work published 2020)