Description
The practical need to partition the world of viruses into distinguishable, universally agreed upon entities is the ultimate justification for developing a virus classification system. Since 1971, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) operating on behalf of the world community of virologists has taken on the task of developing a single, universal taxonomic scheme for all viruses infecting animals (vertebrate, invertebrates, and protozoa), plants (higher plants and algae), fungi, bacteria, and archaea. The current report builds on the accumulated taxonomic construction of the eight previous reports dating back to 1971 and records the proceedings of the Committee since publication of the last report in 2005. Representing the work of more than 500 virologists worldwide, this report is the authoritative reference for virus organization, distinction, and structure.
Table of Contents
Preface and AcknowledgmentsPart I. IntroductionPart II. The VirusesOrder. CaudoviralesFamily. Myoviridae Genus. "T4-like virusesGenus. "P1-like virusesGenus. "P2-like virusesGenus. "Mu-like virusesGenus. "SPO1-like virusesGenus. "PhiH-like virusesGenus. "phiKZ-like virusesGenus. "I3-like virusesFamily. Podoviridae Genus. "BPP-1-like virusesGenus. "Epsilon15-like virusesGenus. "LUZ24-like virusesGenus. "N4-like virusesGenus. "P22-like virusesGenus. "Phieco32-like virusesSubfamily. AutographivirinaeGenus. "PhiKMV-like virusesGenus. "SP6-like virusesGenus. "T7-like virusesSubfamily. PicovirinaeGenus. "AHJD-like virusesGenus. "Phi29-like virusesFamily. Siphoviridae Genus. "Lambda-like virusesGenus. "T1-like virusesGenus. "T5-like virusesGenus. "L5-like virusesGenus. "c2-like virusesGenus. "PsiM1-like virusesGenus. "PhiC31-like virusesGenus. "N15-like virusesGenus. "SPbeta-like virusesOrder. HerpesviralesFamily. Alloherpesviridae Genus. BatrachovirusGenus. CyprinivirusGenus. IctalurivirusGenus. SalmonivirusFamily. Herpesviridae Subfamily. AlphaherpesvirinaeGenus. IltovirusGenus. MardivirusGenus. SimplexvirusGenus. VaricellovirusSubfamily. BetaherpesvirinaeGenus. CytomegalovirusGenus. MuromegalovirusGenus. ProboscivirusGenus. RoseolovirusSubfamily. GammaherpesvirinaeGenus. LymphocryptovirusGenus. MacavirusGenus. PercavirusGenus. RhadinovirusFamily. Malacoherpesviridae Genus. OstreavirusFamily. Adenoviridae Genus. MastadenovirusGenus. AviadenovirusGenus. AtadenovirusGenus. SiadenovirusGenus. IchtadenovirusFamily. Ampullaviridae Genus. AmpullavirusFamily. Ascoviridae Genus. AscovirusFamily. Asfarviridae Genus. AsfivirusFamily. Baculoviridae Genus. AlphabaculovirusGenus. BetabaculovirusGenus. GammabaculovirusGenus. DeltabaculovirusFamily. Bicaudaviridae Genus. BicaudavirusFamily. Corticoviridae Genus. CorticovirusFamily. Fuselloviridae Genus. FusellovirusFamily. Globuloviridae Genus. GlobulovirusFamily. Guttaviridae Genus. GuttavirusFamily. Iridoviridae Genus. IridovirusGenus. ChloriridovirusGenus. RanavirusGenus. LymphocystivirusGenus. MegalocytivirusFamily. Lipothrixviridae Genus. AlphalipothrixvirusGenus. BetalipothrixvirusGenus. GammalipothrixvirusGenus. DeltalipothrixvirusFamily. Mimiviridae Genus. MimivirusFamily. Nimaviridae Genus. WhispovirusFamily. Papillomaviridae Genus. AlphapapillomavirusGenus. BetapapillomavirusGenus. GammapapillomavirusGenus. DeltapapillomavirusGenus. EpsilonpapillomavirusGenus. ZetapapillomavirusGenus. EtapapillomavirusGenus. ThetapapillomavirusGenus. IotapapillomavirusGenus. KappapapillomavirusGenus. LambdapapillomavirusGenus. MupapillomavirusGenus. NupapillomavirusGenus. XipapillomavirusGenus. OmikronpapillomavirusGenus. PipapillomavirusFamily. Phycodnaviridae Genus. ChlorovirusGenus. CoccolithovirusGenus. PrasinovirusGenus. PrymnesiovirusGenus. PhaeovirusGenus. RaphidovirusFamily. Plasmaviridae Genus. PlasmavirusFamily. Polydnaviridae Genus. BracovirusGenus. IchnovirusFamily. Polyomaviridae Genus. PolyomavirusFamily. Poxviridae Subfamily. ChordopoxvirinaeGenus. AvipoxvirusGenus. CapripoxvirusGenus. CervidpoxvirusGenus. LeporipoxvirusGenus. MolluscipoxvirusGenus. OrthopoxvirusGenus. ParapoxvirusGenus. SuipoxvirusGenus. YatapoxvirusSubfamily. EntomopoxvirinaeGenus. AlphaentomopoxvirusGenus. BetaentomopoxvirusGenus. GammaentomopoxvirusFamily. Rudiviridae Genus. RudivirusFamily. Tectiviridae Genus. TectivirusGenus. RhizidiovirusGenus. SalterprovirusFamily. Anelloviridae Genus. AlphatorquevirusGenus. BetatorquevirusGenus. GammatorquevirusGenus. DeltatorquevirusGenus. EpsilontorquevirusGenus. ZetatorquevirusGenus. EtatorquevirusGenus. ThetatorquevirusGenus. IotatorquevirusFamily. Circoviridae Genus. CircovirusGenus. GyrovirusFamily.
