Taxacom: New or old news... virus nomenclature goes binomial

[Tony Rees]

Interestingly, it seems that a single virus "species" can actually contain
several different "viruses". For example, according to Wikipedia, COVID-19
is caused by the virus "Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2"
which is different from "Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus";
however (unless I have it wrong) both seem to fall under under the same
species name "Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus" in the
2022 ICTV list, see
https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fictv.global%2Ftaxonomy%2Ftaxondetails%3Ftaxnode_id%3D202201868&data=05%7C02%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7C2a423de1c86b4e2a926008dc0be14404%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638398309665849428%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C62000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=HBv5x%2Fjgao%2BxMLKbcVnV4ZwyNY5wH2mwBpvGe9tgmbg%3D&reserved=0 . Also for
what it's worth, that species does not yet have a binomial name, although
being in the genus Betacoronavirus, it will eventually have the scientific
name Betacoronavirus [something].

Others please feel free to correct me if I am wrong!

Regards - Tony


On Wed, 3 Jan 2024 at 08:59, Tony Rees via Taxacom <taxacom at lists.ku.edu>
wrote:

> Probably old news to some - especially in the virus community!! - but I
> discovered just today that all virus species names have been converted (or
> are being converted) to binomial format (genus|| ||species) so as to be
> conformant with names in other taxonomic groups. For example (this alert
> via Wikispecies discussion page, for which thanks), "Rift Valley fever
> phlebovirus" now has the scientific name Phlebovirus riftense. According to
> a recent official report in June 2023:
>
> "Of note, a large number of proposals renamed existing species for
> compliance with the recently mandated binomial nomenclature format. As a
> result, 8,982 out of the current 11,273 species (80%) now have binomial
> names. The process will be concluded in 2023, with the remaining 2,291
> species being renamed."
>
> (Source is https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flink.springer.com%2Farticle%2F10.1007%2Fs00705-023-05797-4&data=05%7C02%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7C2a423de1c86b4e2a926008dc0be14404%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638398309665849428%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C62000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=wZHo3SPnmlLlMNmj9%2FsIeZMklrD45lEx8AfCR9zYirA%3D&reserved=0 ,
> "Changes to virus taxonomy and the ICTV Statutes ratified by the
> International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2023)".
>
> Just in case this is of interest to Taxacom readers (I could not find any
> early discussion of this topic, although may have missed it of course),
> also taxonomic database designers who desire to encompass those names in
> the "new" rather than "old" formats.
>
> With regards to all,
> Tony Rees, New South Wales, Australia
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