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

Adriaenssens E. M., Sullivan M. B., Knezevic P., van Zyl L. J., Sarkar B. L., Dutilh B. E., Alfenas-Zerbini P., Lobocka 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., Kushkina A. I., Morozova V. V., Duffy S., Gillis A., Rumnieks J., Kurtboke I., Chanisvili N., Goodridge L., Wittmann J., Lavigne R., Jang H. B., Prangishvili D., Enault F., Turner D., Poranen M., Oksanen H., Krupovic M.. (2020)

Archives of Virology

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.

Archives of Virology

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