Taxonomy of prokaryotic viruses: 2018-2019 update from the ICTV Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee.
Evelien M AdriaenssensMatthew B SullivanPetar KnezevicLeonardo Joaquim van ZylB L SarkarBas E DutilhPoliane Alfenas-ZerbiniMałgorzata B ŁobockaYi-Gang TongJames Rodney BristerAndrea I Moreno SwittJochen KlumppRamy Karam AzizJakub BarylskiJumpei UchiyamaRobert A EdwardsAndrew M KropinskiNicola K PettyMartha R C ClokieAlla I KushkinaVera V MorozovaSiobain DuffyAnnika GillisJanis RumnieksD İpek KurtbӧkeGuliko NatroshviliLawrence GoodridgeJohannes WittmannRob LavigneHo Bin JangDavid PrangishviliFrançois EnaultDann TurnerAlejandro Reyes MuñozHanna M OksanenMart KrupovicPublished in: Archives of virology (2020)
This article is a summary of the activities of the ICTV's Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee for the years 2018 and 2019. Highlights include the creation of a new order, 10 families, 22 subfamilies, 424 genera and 964 species. Some of our concerns about the ICTV's ability to adjust to and incorporate new DNA- and protein-based taxonomic tools are discussed.