Differentiating between viruses and virus species by writing their names correctly.
Francisco Murilo ZerbiniStuart G SiddellArcady R MushegianPeter J WalkerElliot J LefkowitzEvelien M AdriaenssensPoliane Alfenas-ZerbiniBas E DutilhMaría Laura GarcíaSandra JunglenMart KrupovicJens H KuhnAmy J LambertMałgorzata ŁobockaHanna M OksanenDavid L RobertsonLuisa RubinoSead SabanadzovicPeter SimmondsNobuhiro SuzukiKoenraad Van DoorslaerAnne-Mieke VandammeArvind VarsaniPublished in: Archives of virology (2022)
Following the results of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Ratification Vote held in March 2021, a standard two-part "binomial nomenclature" is now the norm for naming virus species. Adoption of the new nomenclature is still in its infancy; thus, it is timely to reiterate the distinction between "virus" and "virus species" and to provide guidelines for naming and writing them correctly.