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Summary of taxonomy changes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) from the Bacterial Viruses Subcommittee, 2025
Journal of General Virology, Vol.106(7), pp.1-44
2025
PMID: 40711892
Abstract
This article summarises the activities of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses Bacterial Viruses Subcommittee, detailing developments in the classification of bacterial viruses. We provide here an overview of all new, abolished, moved and renamed taxa proposed in 2024, approved by the Executive Committee, and ratified by membership vote in 2025. Through the collective efforts of 74 international contributors of taxonomy proposals in this round, 43 ratified proposals have led to the creation of one new phylum, one class, four orders, 33 families, 14 subfamilies, 194 genera and 995 species. These proposals mark significant progress in refining the taxonomy of bacterial viruses. Key updates include the creation of new orders and families that include existing taxa to better reflect genomic and evolutionary relationships. As sequencing and bioinformatics approaches continue to advance, further expansion and refinements in viral taxonomy can be anticipated in the coming years.
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- Title
- Summary of taxonomy changes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) from the Bacterial Viruses Subcommittee, 2025
- Authors
- Dann Turner (Corresponding Author) - University of the West of EnglandEvelien M Adriaenssens - Quadram InstituteRudolf I Amann - Max Planck Institute for Marine MicrobiologyPavol Bardy - University of YorkNina Bartlau - Max Planck Institute for Marine MicrobiologyJakub Barylski - Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańStanisław Błażejak - Warsaw University of Life SciencesMajid Bouzari - University of IsfahanAriane Briegel - Université Paris CitéYves Briers - Ghent UniversityDaniel Carrillo - Utrecht UniversityXia Chen - Inner Mongolia Agricultural UniversityDennis Claessen - Leiden UniversityRyan Cook - Quadram InstituteMarco A Crisci - University College LondonArnaud Dechesne - Technical University of DenmarkPaulina Deptula - University of CopenhagenBas E Dutilh - Friedrich Schiller University JenaBert Ely - University of South CarolinaLars Fieseler - ZHAW Zurich University of Applied SciencesPaul C M Fogg - University of YorkAkihito Fukudome - Howard Hughes Medical InstituteMohammed Saeed Ganjoor - University of IsfahanIwona Gientka - Warsaw University of Life SciencesKarin Holmfeldt - Linnaeus UniversityPanos G Kalatzis - University of CopenhagenKathryn M Kauffman - University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkAnnabel Kempff - Leiden UniversityPetar Knezevic - University of Novi SadEugene V Koonin - National Institutes of HealthAndrew M Kropinski - University of GuelphMart Krupovic - Université Paris CitéIpek Kurtböke - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and EngineeringKai Lambon - University of SouthamptonRob Lavigne - KU LeuvenSusan M Lehman - United States Food and Drug AdministrationH-T Liu - Jimei UniversityCedric Lood - University of OxfordRudi Lurz - Max Planck Institute for Molecular GeneticsSari Mäntynen - University of HelsinkiCole B Matrishin - University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkMathias Middelboe - University of CopenhagenAndrew D Millard - University of LeicesterCristina Moraru - Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgDennis S Nielsen - University of CopenhagenFranklin L Nobrega - University of SouthamptonTakuro Nunoura - Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and TechnologyHanna M Oksanen - University of HelsinkiVéronique Ongenae - Leiden UniversityBoris Parra - University of ConcepciónCélia Pas - Ghent UniversityJoseph Pogliano - University of California, San DiegoMinna M Poranen - University of HelsinkiSiravudh Potipimpanon - University of CopenhagenAmy Prichard - University of California, San DiegoHannah V Pye - Quadram InstituteDaniela Rothschild-Rodriguez - University of SouthamptonDaniel E Rozen - Leiden UniversityJoanne M Santini - University College LondonYuandong Sha - University of CopenhagenDziyana Shymialevich - Institute of Agricultural and Food BiotechnologyBarbara Sokołowska - Institute of Agricultural and Food BiotechnologyAbbas Soleimani-Delfan - University of IsfahanPaulina Średnicka - Institute of Agricultural and Food BiotechnologyPaulo Tavares - Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la CelluleAndrea Telatin - Quadram InstituteIgor Tolstoy - National Center for Biotechnology InformationShyun-Ichi Urayama - University of TsukubaVera van Neer - Leiden UniversityFinn K Vogensen - University of CopenhagenQiannan Wen - Inner Mongolia Agricultural UniversityAntje Wichels - Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und MeeresforschungMichał Wójcicki - Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental TherapyICTV Taxonomy Summary Consortium (Research Group)
- Publication details
- Journal of General Virology, Vol.106(7), pp.1-44
- Publisher
- The Microbiology Society
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.1099/jgv.0.002111
- ISSN
- 1465-2099; 0022-1317
- PMID
- 40711892
- Copyright note
- This is an open- access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
- Grant note
- This work was supported in part through Laulima Government Solutions, LLC prime contract with the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases under Contract No. HHSN272201800013C. J.H.K. performed this work as an employee of Tunnell Government Services, a subcontractor of Laulima Government Solutions, LLC, under Contract No. HHSN272201800013C. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or of the institutions and companies affiliated with the authors. Novo Nordisk Foundation grant NNF20OC0065096. C.P. received a fellowship from the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO, 1S79422N). B.E.D. acknowledges the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator grant 865694: DiversiPHI, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany’s Excellence Strategy – EXC 2051 – Project-ID 390713860 and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in the context of an Alexander von Humboldt-Professorship founded by German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. H.M.O. was supported by the University of Helsinki and the Research Council of Finland by funding for FINStruct and Instruct Centre FI, part of Biocenter Finland and Instruct-ERIC and Horizon MSCA 101120407. M.A.C. was supported by The BBSRC (BB/M009513/1) through the London Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program Programme. A.D. was supported by a research grant ‘P-PhanFARE (23046)’ from VILLUM FONDEN. R.C. and E.M.A. are funded through the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) grant Bacteriophages in Gut Health BB/W015706/1. H.V.P. and E.M.A. are funded through the Medical Research Council grant MR/W031205/1. E.M.A. was further funded by the BBSRC Institute Strategic Programme Food Microbiome and Health BB/X011054/1 and its constituent projects BBS/E/F/000PR13631 and BBS/E/F/000PR13633; and by the BBSRC Institute Strategic Programme Microbes and Food Safety BB/X011011/1 and its constituent projects BBS/E/F/000PR13634, BBS/E/F/000PR13635 and BBS/E/F/000PR13636. S.M. was supported by a research grant (240126) from the Emil Aaltonen Foundation. M.M.P. was supported by the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation, Research Council of Finland (grant 331627) and Sigrid Jusélius Foundation (grant 240167). A.M. was supported by MRC grant ref. MR/T030062/1 CLIMB-BIG DATA. The work on Porphyromonas phages was supported by NIH NIDCR R03DE030987 (Kauffman), R01DE016937 (subaward to Kauffman) and T32DE023526 (Matrishin). This work was supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number U24AI162625.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991153836302621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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