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ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY
Volume 165, Issue 2, Pages 519-525Publisher
SPRINGER WIEN
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-019-04477-6
Keywords
Virus taxonomy; Species nomenclature; Nomenclature; Binomial species names; International committee on taxonomy of viruses (ICTV)
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- Medical Research Council programme [MC_ UU_12014/3]
- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) Vidi Grant [864.14.004]
- National Research, Development and Innovation Office NKFIH [NN128309]
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), UK [SE2944]
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) [BB/E/I/00007035, BB/E/I/00007036, BBS/E/I/00007037]
- Battelle Memorial Institute
- US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) [HHSN272200700016I]
- Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (MAFES), Mississippi State University
- BBSRC [BBS/E/I/00007037, BBS/E/I/00007036] Funding Source: UKRI
- MRC [MC_UU_12014/12, MC_UU_12014/3] Funding Source: UKRI
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The Executive Committee of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) recognizes the need for a standardized nomenclature for virus species. This article sets out the case for establishing a binomial nomenclature and presents the advantages and disadvantages of different naming formats. The Executive Committee understands that adopting a binomial system would have major practical consequences, and invites comments from the virology community before making any decisions to change the existing nomenclature. The Executive Committee will take account of these comments in deciding whether to approve a standardized binomial system at its next meeting in October 2020. Note that this system would relate only to the formal names of virus species and not to the names of viruses.
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