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:

Family: Fuselloviridae (Interim Report)

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

Family: Vertoviridae (Interim Report)

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

Family: Graaviviridae (Interim Report)

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

Family: Druskaviridae (Interim Report)

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 manuscript, Virus taxonomy and the role of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) describes the principles of virus taxonomy and the organization, function, processes and resources of the ICTV, with the aim of encouraging greater understanding and interaction among the wider virology community:

Dr. Andrew J. Davison has been elected as a Life Member of the ICTV honoring his many years of service to the committee and his contributions to virus taxonomy.