1. 50 years of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses: progress and prospects
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Stuart G. Siddell, Robert L. Harrison, Max L. Nibert, Andrew M. Q. King, Andrew J. Davison, Hélène Sanfaçon, Mart Krupovic, Sead Sabanadzovic, Arvind Varsani, Balázs Harrach, Nick J. Knowles, Andrew M. Kropinski, Francisco Murilo Zerbini, Michael J. Adams, Elliot J. Lefkowitz, B. Douglas Smith, Jens H. Kuhn, Richard J. Orton, Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Arcady Mushegian, Peter Simmonds, University of Hertfordshire [Hatfield] (UH), University of Alabama at Birmingham [ Birmingham] (UAB), The Pirbright Institute, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), University of Guelph, Biologie Moléculaire du Gène chez les Extrêmophiles (BMGE), Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [Bethesda] (NIAID-NIH), National Institutes of Health [Bethesda] (NIH), National Science Foundation [Arlington] (NSF), Harvard Medical School [Boston] (HMS), Mississippi State University [Mississippi], Agriculture and Agri-Food (AAFC), University of Bristol [Bristol], University of Oxford, Arizona State University [Tempe] (ASU), Universidade Federal de Viçosa = Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), University of Glasgow, University of Edinburgh, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Universiteit Leiden, Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), The ICTV is supported by Grants from IUMS, the American Society of Virology and the Microbiology Society, and by a Grant from the Wellcome Trust (WT108418AIA) to P.S., A.J.D. and S.G.S. The involvement of J.H.K. was supported in part through Battelle Memorial Institute’s prime contract with the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under Contract No. HHSN272200700016I. A subcontractor to Battelle Memorial Institute who performed this work is J.H.K., an employee of Tunnell Government Services, Inc. The involvement of A.R.M. was supported in part by the National Science Foundation Individual Research and Development program. 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 US Department of Health and Human Services, US National Science Foundation, or of the institutions and companies affiliated with the authors., The authors are the current ICTV EC Members together with two researchers (R.J.O., D.B.S.) supported by the Wellcome Trust grant detailed below. We gladly acknowledge the dedicated, voluntary efforts of hundreds of virologists based in various parts of the world over the entire period of the existence of the ICTV. The work of the organisation through its EC and Study Groups has always depended upon that contribution and will continue to do so., Institute for Animal Health, the Pirbright Institute, Institut Pasteur [Paris], Agriculture and Agri-Food [Ottawa] (AAFC), University of Oxford [Oxford], and Universidade Federal de Vicosa (UFV)
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0301 basic medicine ,Societies, Scientific ,Rabies ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,030106 microbiology ,Library science ,Biology ,[SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy ,History, 21st Century ,Executive committee ,MESH: Viruses ,03 medical and health sciences ,Virology ,Virus discovery ,MESH: Phylogeny ,Virus classification ,Phylogeny ,Virus species ,Computational Biology ,General Medicine ,History, 20th Century ,3. Good health ,MESH: Societies, Scientific ,030104 developmental biology ,Viruses ,[SDV.MP.VIR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Virology ,Online report ,MESH: History, 20th Century ,Metagenomics ,MESH: Metagenomics ,MESH: History, 21st Century ,MESH: Computational Biology - Abstract
International audience; We mark the 50th anniversary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) by presenting a brief history of the organization since its foundation, showing how it has adapted to advancements in our knowledge of virus diversity and the methods used to characterize it. We also outline recent developments, supported by a grant from the Wellcome Trust (UK), that are facilitating substantial changes in the operations of the ICTV and promoting dialogue with the virology community. These developments will generate improved online resources, including a freely available and regularly updated ICTV Virus Taxonomy Report. They also include a series of meetings between the ICTV and the broader community focused on some of the major challenges facing virus taxonomy, with the outcomes helping to inform the future policy and practice of the ICTV.
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