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

Holly R. Hughes; Matthew J. Ballinger; Yiming Bao; Nicolas Bejerman; Kim R. Blasdell; Thomas Briese; Julia Brignone; Jean Paul Carrera; Lander De Coninck; William Marciel de Souza; Humberto Debat; Ralf G. Dietzgen; Ralf Dürrwald; Mert Erdin; Anthony R. Fooks; Kristian M. Forbes; Juliana Freitas-Astúa; Jorge B. Garcia; Jemma L. Geoghegan; Rebecca M. Grimwood; Masayuki Horie; Timothy H. Hyndman; Reimar Johne; John D. Klena; Hideki Kondo; Eugene V. Koonin; Alexei Y. Kostygov; Mart Krupovic; Jens H. Kuhn; Michael Letko; Jun-Min Li; Yiyun Liu; Maria Laura Martin; Nathaniel Mull; Yael Nazar; Norbert Nowotny; Márcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes; Arnfinn Lodden Økland; Dennis Rubbenstroth; Brandy J. Russell; Eric Schott; Stephanie Seifert; Carina Sen; Elizabeth Shedroff; Tarja Sironen; Teemu Smura; Camila Prestes Dos Santos Tavares; Robert B. Tesh; Natasha L. Tilston; Noël Tordo; Nikos Vasilakis; Peter J. Walker; Fei Wang; Anna E. Whitfield; Shannon L.M. Whitmer; Yuri I. Wolf; Han Xia; Gong-Yin Ye; Zhuangxin Ye; Vyacheslav Yurchenko; Mingli Zhao; ICTV Taxonomy Summary Consortium

doi:10.1099/jgv.0.002112

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

Title (eng)

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

Author

Holly R. Hughes

Matthew J. Ballinger

Yiming Bao

Nicolas Bejerman

Kim R. Blasdell

Thomas Briese

Julia Brignone

Jean Paul Carrera

Lander De Coninck

William Marciel de Souza

Humberto Debat

Ralf G. Dietzgen

Ralf Dürrwald

Mert Erdin

Anthony R. Fooks

Kristian M. Forbes

Juliana Freitas-Astúa

Jorge B. Garcia

Jemma L. Geoghegan

Rebecca M. Grimwood

Masayuki Horie

Timothy H. Hyndman

Reimar Johne

John D. Klena

Hideki Kondo

Eugene V. Koonin

Alexei Y. Kostygov

Mart Krupovic

Jens H. Kuhn

Michael Letko

Jun-Min Li

Yiyun Liu

Maria Laura Martin

Nathaniel Mull

Yael Nazar

Norbert Nowotny

University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

Márcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes

Arnfinn Lodden Økland

Dennis Rubbenstroth

Brandy J. Russell

Eric Schott

Stephanie Seifert

Carina Sen

Elizabeth Shedroff

Tarja Sironen

Teemu Smura

Camila Prestes Dos Santos Tavares

Robert B. Tesh

Natasha L. Tilston

Noël Tordo

Nikos Vasilakis

Peter J. Walker

Fei Wang

Anna E. Whitfield

Shannon L.M. Whitmer

Yuri I. Wolf

Han Xia

Gong-Yin Ye

Zhuangxin Ye

Vyacheslav Yurchenko

Mingli Zhao

ICTV Taxonomy Summary Consortium

Abstract (eng)

RNA viruses are ubiquitous in the environment and are important pathogens of humans, animals and plants. In 2024, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses Animal dsRNA and ssRNA(−) Viruses Subcommittee submitted 18 taxonomic proposals for consideration. These proposals expanded the known virosphere by classifying 9 new genera and 88 species for newly detected virus genomes. Of note, newly established species expand the large family of Rhabdoviridae to 580 species. A new species in the family Arenaviridae includes a virus detected in Antarctic fish with a unique split nucleoprotein ORF. Additionally, four new species were established for historically isolated viruses with previously unsequenced genomes. Furthermore, three species were abolished due to incomplete genome sequence information, and one family was moved from being unassigned in the phylum Negarnaviricota into a subphylum and order. Herein, we summarize the 18 ratified taxonomic proposals and the general features of the current taxonomy, thereby supporting public and animal health responses.

Type (eng)

journal article

Language

[eng]

Persistent identifier

https://phaidra.vetmeduni.ac.at/o:5134

DOI

10.1099/jgv.0.002112

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Title (eng)

Journal of General Virology

Volume