Changes to the Statutes and Subcommittees of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2014)

Adams, Michael J.; Carstens, Eric B.

doi:10.1007/s00705-014-2145-9

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“…Objective techniques, such as viral genome sequence-based alignments and comparison algorithms, and automatic tools ( in silico taxonomy decision trees) are used increasingly for virus classification to circumvent virus culture bias (i.e., the acceptance and classification of only that minority of viruses that can be grown in the laboratory). Updating existing taxonomies is crucial for classification to become database-compliant and user-friendly, while not violating the Rules of the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature (ICVCN), which also are updated continuously [ 4 , 5 , 30 ].…”

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Reorganization and expansion of the nidoviral family Arteriviridae

Kuhn

Lauck²,

Bailey³

et al. 2015

Arch Virol

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The family Arteriviridae presently includes a single genus Arterivirus. This genus includes four species as the taxonomic homes for equine arteritis virus (EAV), lactate dehydrogenase-elevating virus (LDV), porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus (PRRSV), and simian hemorrhagic fever virus (SHFV), respectively. A revision of this classification is urgently needed to accommodate the recent description of eleven highly divergent simian arteriviruses in diverse African nonhuman primates, one novel arterivirus in an African forest giant pouched rat, and a novel arterivirus in common brushtails in New Zealand. In addition, the current arterivirus nomenclature is not in accordance with the most recent version of the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature. Here we outline an updated, amended, and improved arterivirus taxonomy based on current data. Taxon-specific sequence cut-offs are established relying on a newly established open reading frame 1b phylogeny and pairwise sequence comparison (PASC) of coding-complete arterivirus genomes. As a result, the current genus Arterivirus is replaced by five genera: Equartevirus (for EAV), Rodartevirus (LDV + PRRSV), Simartevirus (SHFV + simian arteriviruses), Nesartevirus (for the arterivirus from forest giant pouched rats), and Dipartevirus (common brushtail arterivirus). The current species Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus is divided into two species to accommodate the clear divergence of the European and American “types” of PRRSV, both of which now receive virus status. The current species Simian hemorrhagic fever virus is divided into nine species to accommodate the twelve known simian arteriviruses. Non-Latinized binomial species names are introduced to replace all current species names to clearly differentiate them from virus names, which remain largely unchanged.

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