Summary of taxonomy changes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) from the Animal DNA Viruses and Retroviruses Subcommittee, 2025

Title (eng)
Summary of taxonomy changes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) from the Animal DNA Viruses and Retroviruses Subcommittee, 2025
Author
Arvind Varsani
Author
Adly M.M. Abd-Alla
Author
Niklas Arnberg
Author
Kelly S. Bateman
Author
Mária Benkő
Author
Annie Bézier
Author
Philippe Biagini
Author
Jamie Bojko
Author
Anamarija Butkovic
Author
Marta Canuti
Author
Vladimír Celer
Author
Jean-Michel Drezen
Author
Laszlo Egyed
Author
Matthias G. Fischer
Author
Sarah François
Author
Benjamin Guinet
Author
Balázs Harrach
Author
Robert L. Harrison
Author
Elisabeth A. Herniou
Author
Michael Hess
Author
Jia Hu
Author
Johannes A. Jehle
Author
Győző L. Kaján
Author
Adrianna E. Kajon
Author
Eugene V. Koonin
Author
Simona Kraberger
Author
Peter J. Krell
Author
Mart Krupovic
Author
Jens H. Kuhn
Author
Chengfeng Lei
Author
Matthieu Leobold
Author
Fabrizio Maggi
Author
Suresh K. Mittal
Author
Hiroaki Okamoto
Author
Tanja Opriessnig
Author
Xiaowei Peng
Author
Judit Pénzes
Author
Iva I. Podgorski
Author
Thomas S. Postler
Author
Bergmann M. Ribeiro
Author
Carmen San Martín
Author
Maria Söderlund-Venermo
Author
Xiulian Sun
Author
András Surján
Author
Zoltán L. Tarján
Author
Julien Varaldi
Author
Márton Z. Vidovszky
Author
Göran Wadell
Author
Hidemi Watanabe
Author
Natalya Yutin
Author
Monique M. van Oers
Author
ICTV Taxonomy Summary Consortium
Abstract (eng)
The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) holds a ratification vote annually after review of newly proposed taxa by ICTV Study Groups and members of the virology community. In March 2025, the vote outcome of the 11 proposals within the mandate of the Animal DNA Viruses and Retroviruses Subcommittee was made public. Here, we provide a summary of the newly accepted proposals. These include reorganization of taxa in the realm Varidnaviria, classification of the ‘polinton-like’ viruses into a new family (Phypoliviridae) within a new order Archintovirales; establishment of a new phylum (Commensaviricota) in the kingdom Shotokuvirae; the establishment of a new family called Filamentoviridae with two new genera and three new species; the addition of four new genera in the family Anelloviridae with 70 new species; and the addition of 85 new species in the families Adenoviridae (n=16), Baculoviridae (n=5), Circoviridae (n=5), Parvoviridae (n=55) and Polyomaviridae (n=4). Also, in the family Belpaoviridae, 11 species were renamed to comply with the binomial requirement for species names.
Type (eng)
journal article
Language
[eng]
Persistent identifier
https://phaidra.vetmeduni.ac.at/o:5137
DOI
10.1099/jgv.0.002113
Is in series
Title (eng)
Journal of General Virology
Volume
106
Issue
7
ISSN
0022-1317
Issued
2025
Number of pages
13
Publication
Microbiology Society
Version type (eng)
version of record (published version)
Date issued
2025
Access rights (eng)
open access
License
CC BY 4.0 International
Rights statement (eng)
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