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Annual (2024) taxonomic update of RNA-directed RNA polymerase-encoding negative-sense RNA viruses (realm Riboviria: kingdom Orthornavirae: phylum Negarnaviricota).

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posted on 2025-06-25, 11:05 authored by Jens H Kuhn, Scott Adkins, Sergey V Alkhovsky, Wenxia An, Tatjana Avšič-Županc, María A Ayllón, Katarina Bačnik, Justin Bahl, Anne Balkema-Buschmann, Matthew J Ballinger, Martin Beer, Nicolas Bejerman, Éric Bergeron, Nadine Biedenkopf, Carol D Blair, Kim R Blasdell, Steven B Bradfute, Thomas Briese, Katherine Brown, Paul A Brown, Ursula J Buchholz, Michael J Buchmeier, Alexander Bukreyev, Felicity Burt, Charles H Calisher, Sten Calvelage, Mengji Cao, Inmaculada Casas, Camila Chabi-Jesus, Kartik Chandran, Rémi N Charrel, Anya Crane, Laura N Cuypers, Elena Dal Bó, Juan Carlos de la Torre, William M de Souza, Rik L de Swart, Humberto J Debat, Nolwenn M Dheilly, Nicholas Di Paola, Francesco Di Serio, Ralf G Dietzgen, Michele Digiaro, J Felix Drexler, W Paul Duprex, Ralf Dürrwald, Andrew J Easton, Toufic Elbeaino, Koray Ergünay, Mirette IY Eshak, Guozhong Feng, Andrew E Firth, Anthony R Fooks, Pierre BH Formenty, Juliana Freitas-Astúa, Conrad M Freuling, Tuija Gadd, Selma Gago-Zachert, María Laura García, Adolfo García-Sastre, Aura R Garrison, Tony L Goldberg, Jean-Paul J Gonzalez, Joëlle Goüy de Bellocq, Anthony Griffiths, Martin H Groschup, Sophie Gryseels, Ion Gutiérrez-Aguirre, Stephan Günther, John Hammond, Jussi Hepojoki, Masayuki Horie, Adam J Hume, Timothy H Hyndman, Dirk Höper, Dàohóng Jiāng, Sandra Junglen, Boris Klempa, Jonas Klingström, Hideki Kondō, Eugene V Koonin, Mart Krupovic, Kenji Kubota, Gael Kurath, Denis Kutnjak, Lies Laenen, Amy J Lambert, Benhur Lee, Chengyu Li, Jiànróng Lǐ, Jun-Min Li, Igor S Lukashevich, Piet Maes, Marco Marklewitz, Sergio H Marshall, Shin-Yi L Marzano, John W McCauley, Nataša Mehle, Ali Mirazimi, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Elke Mühlberger, Thomas Müller, Rayapati Naidu, Tomohide Natsuaki, Beatriz Navarro, José A Navarro, Yutaro Neriya, Sergey V Netesov, Vittorio M Nicoloso, Gabriele Neumann, Tiina Nokireki, Norbert Nowotny, Márcio RT Nunes, Francisco M Ochoa-Corona, Gustavo Palacios, Vicente Pallás, Anna Papa, Sofia Paraskevopoulou, Colin R Parrish, Alex Pauvolid-Corrêa, Anja Pecman, Daniel R Pérez, Florian Pfaff, Richard K Plemper, Thomas S Postler, Sheli R Radoshitzky, Pedro L Ramos-González, Maja Ravnikar, Renato O Resende, Gábor Reuter, Carina A Reyes, Mark Paul Selda Rivarez, Víctor Romanowski, Dennis Rubbenstroth, Luisa Rubino, Jonathan A Runstadler, Ana Ruiz-Padilla, Sead Sabanadzovic, Maria S Salvato, Takahide Sasaya, Connie S Schmaljohn, Heike Schmidt-Posthaus, Martin Schwemmle, Gabrijel Seljak, Torsten Seuberlich, Mang Shi, Yoshifumi Shimomoto, Peter Simmonds, Manuela Sironi, Donald B Smith, Sophie Smither, Jin-Won Song, Kirsten M Spann, Jessica R Spengler, Mark D Stenglein, Ayato Takada, Chika Takemura, Niina Tammiranta, Robert B Tesh, Natalie J Thornburg, Nicole D Tischler, Yasuhiro Tomitaka, Keizō Tomonaga, Noël Tordo, Massimo Turina, Ioannis E Tzanetakis, Anna Maria Vaira, Bernadette van den Hoogen, Bert Vanmechelen, Nikos Vasilakis, Martin Verbeek, Susanne von Bargen, Ana Vučurović, Jiro Wada, Victoria Wahl, Peter J Walker, Fei Wang, Anna E Whitfield, John V Williams, Yuri I Wolf, Hironobu Yanagisawa, Caixia Yang, Gongyin Ye, Mei Chun Yu, F Murilo Zerbini, Song Zhang, Arnfinn Lodden Økland, Holly R Hughes
In April 2024, following the annual International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) ratification vote on newly proposed taxa, the phylum Negarnaviricota was expanded by 1 new order, 1 new family, 6 new subfamilies, 34 new genera and 270 new species. One class, two orders and six species were renamed. Seven families and 12 genera were moved; ten species were renamed and moved; and nine species were abolished. This article presents the updated taxonomy of Negarnaviricota as currently accepted by the ICTV, providing an essential annual update on the classification of members of this phylum that deepen understandings of their evolution, and supports critical public health measures for virus identification and tracking.

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Crick (Grant ID: CC1114, Grant title: McCauley CC1114)

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