Abstract
In this article, we – the Bacterial Viruses Subcommittee and the Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) – summarise the results of our activities for the period March 2020 – March 2021. We report the division of the former Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee in two separate Subcommittees, welcome new members, a new Subcommittee Chair and Vice Chair, and give an overview of the new taxa that were proposed in 2020, approved by the Executive Committee and ratified by vote in 2021. In particular, a new realm, three orders, 15 families, 31 subfamilies, 734 genera and 1845 species were newly created or redefined (moved/promoted).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3239-3244 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Archives of Virology |
Volume | 166 |
Issue number | 11 |
Early online date | 21 Aug 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2021 |
Keywords
- International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)
- Bacterial Viruses Subcommittee
- Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee
- taxonomy