The new scope of virus taxonomy: partitioning the virosphere into 15 hierarchical ranksстатья
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Авторы:Gorbalenya Alexander E.,
Krupovic Mart,
Mushegian Arcady,
Kropinski Andrew M.,
Siddell Stuart G.,
Varsani Arvind,
Adams Michael J.,
Davison Andrew J.,
Dutilh Bas E.,
Harrach Balázs,
Harrison Robert L.,
Junglen Sandra,
King Andrew M.Q,
Knowles Nick J.,
Lefkowitz Elliot J.,
Nibert Max L.,
Rubino Luisa,
Sabanadzovic Sead,
Sanfaçon Hélène,
Simmonds Peter,
Walker Peter J.,
Zerbini F.Murilo,
Kuhn Jens H.
Аннотация:Virus taxonomy emerged as a discipline in the middle of the twentieth century. Traditionally, classification by virus taxonomists has been focussed on the grouping of relatively closely related viruses. However, during the past few years, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) has recognized that the taxonomy it develops can be usefully extended to include the basal evolutionary relationships among distantly related viruses. Consequently, the ICTV has changed its Code to allow a 15-rank classification hierarchy that closely aligns with the Linnaean taxonomic system and may accommodate the entire spectrum of genetic divergence in the virosphere. The current taxonomies of three human pathogens, Ebola virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and herpes simplex virus 1 are used to illustrate the impact of the expanded rank structure. This new rank hierarchy of virus taxonomy will stimulate further research on virus origins and evolution, and vice versa, and could promote crosstalk with the taxonomies of cellular organisms.