Gorbalenya, A. E. et al. (2020) The new scope of virus taxonomy: partitioning the virosphere into 15 hierarchical ranks. Nature Microbiology, 5, pp. 668-674. (doi: 10.1038/s41564-020-0709-x) (PMID:32341570) (PMCID:PMC7186216)
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Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Davison, Professor Andrew |
| Authors: | Gorbalenya, A. E., Krupovic, M., Mushegian, A., Kropinski, A. M., Siddell, S. G., Varsani, A., Adams, M. J., Davison, A. J., Dutilh, B. E., Harrach, B., Harrison, R. L., Junglen, S., King, A. M.Q., Knowles, N. J., Lefkowitz, E. J., Nibert, M. L., Rubino, L., Sabanadzovic, S., Sanfaçon, H., Simmonds, P., Walker, P. J., Zerbini, F. M., and Kuhn, J. H. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Infection & Immunity |
| Journal Name: | Nature Microbiology |
| Publisher: | Nature Research |
| ISSN: | 2058-5276 |
| ISSN (Online): | 2058-5276 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2020 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in Nature Microbiology 5:668-674 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons licence |
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