Citable summaries of all recently approved virus taxonomy proposals are now available in the Journal of General Virology
The ICTV has published in the Journal of General Virology, summaries of all taxonomic changes that comprise the current (2024) release of the virus taxonomy. These publications, one per ICTV Subcommittee, provide a searchable and citable source of all new and revised virus taxa that were approved by the Executive Committee in the Summer and Fall of 2024 and ratified by the ICTV membership in February, 2025. The updated taxonomy was released as version 40 of the Master Species List.
These summaries, published annually, will provide a searchable compendium of all taxonomy changes and additions as well as direct links to the Master Species List and other ICTV bioinformatic resources. Their publication will provide due credit and citations for their authors, form the basis for disseminating taxonomy decisions and promote greater visibility and accessibility to taxonomy changes for the virology community.
The published summaries are as follows:
Virus taxonomy proposal summaries: a searchable and citable resource to disseminate virus taxonomy advances. J Gen Virol. 2025 Jul;106(7). doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.002079. PMID: 40711816.
ICTV Taxonomy Summary Consortium. Summary of taxonomy changes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) - General taxonomy proposals, 2025. J Gen Virol. 2025 Jul;106(7). doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.002116. PMID: 40711893.
Summary of taxonomy changes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) from the Animal DNA Viruses and Retroviruses Subcommittee, 2025. J Gen Virol. 2025 Jul;106(7). doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.002113. PMID: 40711809.
Summary of taxonomy changes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) from the Animal dsRNA and ssRNA(-) Viruses Subcommittee, 2025. J Gen Virol. 2025 Jul;106(7). doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.002112. PMID: 40711815.
Summary of taxonomy changes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) from the Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee, 2025. J Gen Virol. 2025 Jul;106(7). doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.002117. PMID: 40711890.
Summary of taxonomy changes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) from the Bacterial Viruses Subcommittee, 2025. J Gen Virol. 2025 Jul;106(7). doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.002111. PMID: 40711892.
Summary of taxonomy changes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) from the Fungal and Protist Viruses Subcommittee, 2025. J Gen Virol. 2025. Jul;106(7). doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.002115. PMID: 40711811.
Summary of taxonomy changes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses from the Plant Viruses Subcommittee, 2025. J Gen Virol. 2025. Jul;106(7). doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.002114. PMID: 40711908.