A Perspective on Virus Taxonomy and the Role of the ICTV

An Introduction to the Universal System of the Virus Taxonomy

Upcoming Meetings and Activities of the ICTV

Reference Book:

Virus Taxonomy: The Classification and Nomenclature of Viruses. The Sixth Report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (book). F.A. Murphy, C.M. Fauquet, D.H.L. Bishop, S.A. Ghabrial, A.W. Jarvis, G.P. Martelli, M.A. Mayo, M.D. Summers. Springer-Verlag. Vienna, 1995

Table of Contents

An Overview of the Taxa Recognized in the Universal System of Virus 
Taxonomy

The dsDNA Viruses
The ssDNA Viruses
The DNA and RNA Reverse Transcribing Viruses
The dsRNA Viruses
The Negative Stranded ssRNA Viruses
The Positive Stranded ssRNA Viruses
The Subviral Agents

Diagrams of the Taxa Recognized in the Universal System of Virus Taxonomy

The Viruses of Bacteria
The Viruses of Fungi
The Viruses of Invertebrate
The Viruses of Plants
The Viruses of Vertebrate

Listing of the Taxa (Orders, Families and Floating Genera) Recognized in the 
Universal System of Virus Taxonomy

A Listing of Taxa Alphabetically
A Listing of Taxa by Host
A Listing of Taxa by Genomic Nucleic Acid

A Key for the Placement of Viruses Within the Taxa Recognized in the 
Universal System of Virus Taxonomy

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Index Virum

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ICTVdB

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The Organization and Operations of the ICTV

Directory of Members of the ICTV
Statutes of the ICTV
Rules of Taxonomy
How to Submit an Taxonomic Proposal

Other Interesting Web Sites for Viral Taxonomy

All Virology Sites
Geminiviridae Home Page
NCBI Taxonomy of Viruses
Picornaviridae Home Page
Reoviridae Home Page
University of Wisconsin
Tree of Life
VIDE

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Questions and comments: C.M. Fauquet <iltab@scripps.edu>

or see Directory of Members of the ICTV/Executive Committee for e-mail of Subcommittee chairs and other members