The taxon etymology page provides a list containing descriptions of the origins of ICTV taxon names starting at the rank of realm and going down to the rank of family. This information is derived from the proposals that were submitted when each taxon was created. Links to these proposals, links to ICTV report chapters, and links to publications (through PMIDs) are provided when available.
The ICTV Executive Committee (EC) elects new members every three years. For 2023 - 2026 biographies for EC members can be found at https://ictv.global/members/ec-members. The members are:
ICTV Report chapters for the following (-)-sense RNA virus families are now available: Qinviridae, Yueviridae, and
ICTV Report chapters for the following (-)-sense RNA virus families are now available: Amnoonviridae, Xinmoviridae, Sunviridae, and Phenuiviridae
Posted September 26, 2023
A new version of the Virus Metadata Resource (VMR) spreadsheet has been released (VMR_MSL38_v2.xlsx). This version, released on September 13, 2023, can be downloaded from https://ictv.global/vmr/current. This release reflects the taxonomic changes incorporated into the current 2022 virus taxonomy, MSL38. The ICTV chooses an exemplar virus for each species and the VMR provides a list of these exemplars.
A new version (v3) of the 2022 ICTV taxonomy is now available online at https://ictv.global/taxonomy. This new version of Master Species List #38 is available for download as an Excel Spreadsheet.
This revised version corrects the following errors:
This is a summary page created by the ICTV Report Editors using information from associated Taxonomic Proposals and the Master Species List.
Edited by: Mart Krupovic
Posted: July 2023, updated December 2024
This manuscript, "Guidelines for public database submission of uncultivated virus genome sequences for taxonomic classification" describes standards and recommendations for the submissio
This is a summary page created by the ICTV Report Editors using information from associated Taxonomic Proposals and the Master Species List.
Edited by: Mart Krupovic
Posted: June 2023, updated December 2024
This is a summary page created by the ICTV Report Editors using information from associated Taxonomic Proposals and the Master Species List.
Edited by: Mart Krupovic
Posted: June 2023, updated December 2024
