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The new scope of virus taxonomy: partitioning the virosphere into 15 hierarchical ranks

A. Gorbalenya, M. Krupovic, A. Mushegian, A. Kropinski, S. Siddell, A. Varsani, M. Adams, A. Davison, B. Dutilh, B. Harrach, R. Harrison, S. Junglen, A. King, N. Knowles, E. Lefkowitz, M. Nibert, L. Rubino, S. Sabanadzovic, H. Sanfaçon, P. Simmonds, P. Walker, F. Zerbini, J. Kuhn, C. International,
2021

Virus taxonomy emerged as a discipline in the middle of the twentieth century. Traditionally, classification by virus taxonomists has been focussed on the grouping of relatively closely related viruses. However, during the past few years, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) has recognized that the taxonomy it develops can be usefully extended to include the basal evolutionary relationships among distantly related viruses. Consequently, the ICTV has changed its Code to allow a 15-rank classification hierarchy that closely aligns with the Linnaean taxonomic system and may accommodate the entire spectrum of genetic divergence in the virosphere. The current taxonomies of three human pathogens, Ebola virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and herpes simplex virus 1 are used to illustrate the impact of the expanded rank structure. This new rank hierarchy of virus taxonomy will stimulate further research on virus origins and evolution, and vice versa, and could promote crosstalk with the taxonomies of cellular organisms. © 2020, The Author(s).

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  • A. Gorbalenya
    Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation
  • M. Krupovic
    Archaeal Virology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
  • A. Mushegian
    Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA, United States
  • A. Kropinski
    Departments of Food Science and Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
  • S. Siddell
    School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
  • A. Varsani
    The Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, Center for Evolution and Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
  • M. Adams
    Minehead, United Kingdom
  • A. Davison
    MRC–University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom
  • B. Dutilh
    Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Science for Life, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
  • B. Harrach
    Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary
  • R. Harrison
    Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, US Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD, United States
  • S. Junglen
    Institute of Virology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Free University Berlin, Humboldt-University Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
  • A. King
    The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, United Kingdom
  • N. Knowles
    Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
  • E. Lefkowitz
    Department of Microbiology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
  • M. Nibert
    Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, National Research Council of Italy, Bari, Italy
  • L. Rubino
    Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States
  • S. Sabanadzovic
    Summerland Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland, BC, Canada
  • H. Sanfaçon
    Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
  • P. Simmonds
    School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
  • P. Walker
    Departamento de Fitopatologia/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
  • F. Zerbini
    Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick (IRF-Frederick), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD, United States
  • J. Kuhn
    Departments of Biomedical Data Sciences and Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands
  • C. International
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  • Nature Microbiology
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  • 5
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  • 5
Страницы
  • 668-674
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  • cellular organism; Ebolavirus; genetic variability; human; Human alphaherpesvirus 1; infectious agent; nonhuman; review; SARS coronavirus; taxonomy; classification; communicable disease; ecology; genetics; Human alphaherpesvirus 1; molecular evolution; virology; virus; virus gene; Classification; Communicable Diseases; Ebolavirus; Ecology; Evolution, Molecular; Genes, Viral; Herpesvirus 1, Human; Humans; SARS Virus; Viruses
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  • Nature Research
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  • scopus