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ICTV Master Species List 2009 - Version 3

admin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:38:16 GMT

This Excel file contains the official ICTV Master Species list for 2009. This spreadsheet lists all approved virus taxa and supersedes the previous taxonomy published as a part of the ICTV 8th Report as well as the 2008 Master Species List

This is version 3 of the MSL published on November 16, 2009. This version corrects five minor errors to taxa names as indicated in the spreadsheet. If additional corrections are found to be necessary, we will provide an updated version of the list.

ICTV Master Species List 2008

admin — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:44:06 GMT

This Excel file contains the official ICTV Master Species list for 2008. This spreadsheet lists all approved virus taxa and supersedes the previous taxonomy published as a part of the ICTV VIIIth Report.

Discoverers and Discoveries

Elliot Lefkowitz — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:30:10 GMT

An updated version of the Discoverers and Discoveries document from Fred Murphy:

Frederick A Murphy
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Department of Pathology
Galveston, TX 77555-0609

2005.074-7B.04.Deltalipo.pdf

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:24:03 GMT

To create a new genus in the family Lipothrixviridae and to name it: Deltalipothrixvirus.
To designate the species Acidianus filamentous virus 2 as the type species of the new genus created in 2005.074B.
To create the following as a species of the new genus created in 2005.074B: Acidianus filamentous virus 2.

2008.002G.U.v1.Definition-sp.pdf

amqking — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:05:58 GMT

A proposal to adopt a broader definition of species, eliminating the word 'polythetic'

2008.004-005G.U.v1.Retrovirales.pdf

amqking — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:09:30 GMT

Create the order Retrovirales to host the following 5 families: Retroviridae, Hepadnaviridae, Caulimoviridae, Pseudoviridae and Metaviridae (a shortened version of proposal 2005.091-101F.01.Retrovirales)

2005.020-72.04.Herpes.pdf

admin — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:14:02 GMT

This large set of proposals from the Herpesviridae Study Group achieves a far-reaching up-date of herpesvirus taxonomy. It includes:

Establishment of the order Herpesvirales.
Assignment of the Herpesviridae and two new families to the order.
Transfer of genus Ictalurivirus to the new family Alloherpesviridae.
Population of the Alloherpesviridae with fish and amphibian viruses.
Establishment of a genus Ostreavirus in the new family Malacoherpesviridae.
Assignment of Ostreid herpesvirus 1 to genus Ostreavirus.
Creation of new genera Macavirus and Percavirus in subfamily Gammaherpesvirinae.
Creation of a new genus Proboscivirus in subfamily Betaherpesvirinae.
Assignments of species to various genera in the Herpesviridae.
Changing names of Old World non-human primate viruses to refer to host genus.

ICTV Newsletter #6 February, 2008

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:10:36 GMT

2005.004F.04.Mimiviridae.pdf

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:23:19 GMT

To create a new family to accommodate the genus Mimivirus and to name it: Mimiviridae.

ICTV Newsletter #5 December, 2006

admin — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 20:02:49 GMT

2005 200-2G 04 Picornavirales.pdf

admin — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:11:07 GMT

To create an order to accommodate picornavirus-like viruses and to name the order: Picornavirales.

To designate the following families and genera as members of the order created in 2005.200G, named: Picornaviridae, Dicistroviridae, Marnaviridae, Iflavirus, Sequiviridae, Sadwavirus, Cheravirus, Comoviridae.

2005.088B.04.Ampullaviridae.pdf

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:24:09 GMT

To create a new family and to name it: Ampullaviridae.

To designate the following genera as part of the new family created in 2005.088B: Ampullavirus.

2005.264-6V.04.Enterovirus.pdf

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:22:17 GMT

To remove the following species from the existing genus Rhinovirus in the family Picornaviridae named: Human rhinovirus A, Human rhinovirus B. To assign the following species to the genus Enterovirus in the family Picornaviridae: Human rhinovirus A, Human rhinovirus B. To remove the existing genus Rhinovirus from the family Picornaviridae.

2005.209G.04.Greekletters.pdf

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:12:46 GMT

To spell out greek letters in all taxon names in full: e.g. Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, etc.

2008.003G.U.v2.Orthography.pdf

amqking — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:07:38 GMT

Proposal to remove the necessity for every virus species to contain at least one named virus.

Version 2.0

2006.024-28V.04.Cervidpox.pdf

admin — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:16:49 GMT

To create a new genus in the family Poxviridae named: Cervidpoxvirus

To designate the following as the type species in the new genus: Deerpox virus W-848-83

2005.229-32V.04.Dinoverna.pdf

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:22:09 GMT

To create the new genus Dinovernavirus in the family Reoviridae, with Aedes pseudoscutellaris reovirus as the type species of the new genus.

2005.261-262V.04.Polio.pdf

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:22:13 GMT

To remove the following species from the existing genus Enterovirus in the family Picornaviridae: Poliovirus. To assign the following viruses to the species Human enterovirus C in the existing genus Enterovirus in the family Picornaviridae: Human poliovirus 1, Human poliovirus 2, Human poliovirus 3.

ICTV Newsletter #4 December, 2005

admin — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:58:59 GMT

2005.216-22V.04.Picobirna.pdf

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:22:04 GMT

To create a new family Picobirnaviridae to contain a new genus Picobirnavirus, with Human picobirnavirus as the type species, and Rabbit picobirnavirus as a designated species.