Differentiating between viruses and virus species by writing their names correctly
Francisco Murilo Zerbini
(1)
,
Stuart G. Siddell
(2)
,
Arcady R. Mushegian
(3)
,
Peter J. Walker
(4)
,
Elliot J. Lefkowitz
(5)
,
Evelien M. Adriaenssens
(6)
,
Poliane Alfenas-Zerbini
(1)
,
Bas E. Dutilh
(7, 8)
,
María Laura García
(9)
,
Sandra Junglen
(10)
,
Mart Krupovic
(11)
,
Jens H. Kuhn
(12)
,
Amy J. Lambert
(13)
,
Małgorzata Łobocka
(14)
,
Hanna M. Oksanen
(15)
,
David L. Robertson
(16)
,
Luisa Rubino
(17)
,
Sead Sabanadzovic
(18)
,
Peter Simmonds
(19)
,
Nobuhiro Suzuki
(20)
,
Koenraad van Doorslaer
(21)
,
Anne-Mieke Vandamme
(22, 23)
,
Arvind Varsani
(24)
1
UFV -
Universidade Federal de Viçosa = Federal University of Viçosa
2 University of Bristol [Bristol]
3 NSF - National Science Foundation [Arlington]
4 University of Queensland [Brisbane]
5 UAB - University of Alabama at Birmingham [ Birmingham]
6 QIB - Quadram Institute Bioscience [Norwich, U.K.]
7 Friedrich-Schiller-Universität = Friedrich Schiller University Jena [Jena, Germany]
8 Utrecht University [Utrecht]
9 IBBM - Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular [La Plata]
10 Charité - UniversitätsMedizin = Charité - University Hospital [Berlin]
11 Virologie des archées - Archaeal Virology
12 IRF-Frederick - Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick
13 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [Fort Collins, Colorado, USA]
14 Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics
15 Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki
16 MRC - University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research
17 IPSP - CNR Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante [Torino, Italia]
18 Mississippi State University [Mississippi]
19 University of Oxford
20 Okayama University
21 BIO5 Institute
22 KU Leuven - Catholic University of Leuven - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
23 NOVA - Universidade Nova de Lisboa = NOVA University Lisbon
24 ASU - Arizona State University [Tempe]
2 University of Bristol [Bristol]
3 NSF - National Science Foundation [Arlington]
4 University of Queensland [Brisbane]
5 UAB - University of Alabama at Birmingham [ Birmingham]
6 QIB - Quadram Institute Bioscience [Norwich, U.K.]
7 Friedrich-Schiller-Universität = Friedrich Schiller University Jena [Jena, Germany]
8 Utrecht University [Utrecht]
9 IBBM - Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular [La Plata]
10 Charité - UniversitätsMedizin = Charité - University Hospital [Berlin]
11 Virologie des archées - Archaeal Virology
12 IRF-Frederick - Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick
13 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [Fort Collins, Colorado, USA]
14 Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics
15 Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki
16 MRC - University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research
17 IPSP - CNR Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante [Torino, Italia]
18 Mississippi State University [Mississippi]
19 University of Oxford
20 Okayama University
21 BIO5 Institute
22 KU Leuven - Catholic University of Leuven - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
23 NOVA - Universidade Nova de Lisboa = NOVA University Lisbon
24 ASU - Arizona State University [Tempe]
Francisco Murilo Zerbini
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Mart Krupovic
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Abstract
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.