Taxonomy of prokaryotic viruses: 2016 update from the ICTV bacterial and archaeal viruses subcommittee

• DOI: 10.1007/s00705-016-3173-4
• Publication Date: 2016-12-31T12:50:25Z
• Authors: Evelien M. Adriae...; Mart Krupovic; Petar Knezevic; Hans-Wolfgang Ack...; Jakub Barylski; J. Rodney Brister; Martha R. C. Clokie; Siobain Duffy; Bas E. Dutilh; Robert A. Edwards; Francois Enault; Ho Bin Jang; Jochen Klumpp; Andrew M. Kropinski; Rob Lavigne; Minna M. Poranen; David Prangishvili; Janis Rumnieks; Matthew B. Sullivan; Johannes Wittmann; Hanna M. Oksanen; Annika Gillis; Jens H. Kuhn
• Keywords: International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV); 0303 health sciences; Phage Protein; Listeria; Coronacrisis-Taverne; [SDV.BIBS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Quantitative Methods [q-bio.QM]; Prokaryotic virus; 3. Good health; CMBI Radboud University Medical Center; 03 medical and health sciences; Major Capsid Protein; Radboudumc 14: Tumours of the digestive tract RIMLS: Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences; 306; Virus Community; Virology; Viruses; Taxonomy; Expansive Group

The prokaryotic virus community is represented at the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) by the Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee. Since our last report [8], the committee composition has changed, and a large number of taxonomic proposals (TaxoProps) were submitted to the ICTV Executive Committee (EC) for approval.