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

Evelien M Adriaenssens ,Petar Knežević ,Poliane Alfenas‐Zerbini ,François Enault ,Siobain Duffy ,J Rodney Brister ,Andrew M Kropinski ,Ramy K Aziz ,Ho Bin Jang ,Małgorzata Łobocka ,Hanna M Oksanen ,Alla Kushkina ,Annika Gillis ,Martha R J Clokie ,Nina Chanishvili ,Rob Lavigne ,Robert A Edwards ,Jakub Barylski ,Nicola K Petty ,Andrea I Moreno Switt ,Dann Turner ,D İpek Kurtböke ,Jumpei Uchiyama ,Leonardo Joaquim Van Zyl ,J Rumnieks ,Bl Sarkar ,Jochen Klumpp ,Bas E Dutilh ,David Prangishvili ,Johannes Wittmann ,Yigang Tong ,Matthew B Sullivan ,Minna M Poranen ,Vera Morozova ,Lawrence Goodridge ,Mart Krupovìč

doi:10.1007/s00705-020-04577-8

Abstract

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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