ICTV Master Species List
Citation
International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2016). ICTV Master Species List. Checklist Dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/i4jnfv accessed via GBIF.org on 2017-10-17.Description
Official lists of all ICTV-approved taxa. The creation or elimination, (re)naming, and (re)assignment of a virus species, genus, (sub)family, or order are all taxonomic acts that require public scrutiny and debate, leading to formal approval by the full membership of the ICTV. In contrast, the naming of a virus isolate and its assignment to a pre-existing species are not considered taxonomic acts and therefore do not require formal ICTV approval. Instead they will typically be accomplished by publication of a paper describing the virus isolate in the peer-reviewed virology literature. Descriptions of virus satellites, viroids and the agents of spongiform encephalopathies (prions) of humans and several animal and fungal species are included. New MSL including all taxa updates since the 2014 release. Updates approved during EC 47, London, UK, July 2015 (MSL #30) and ratified by the ICTV membership in 2016Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
originatorInternational Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)
email: info@ictvonline.org
Markus Döring
metadata author
GBIF
email: mdoering@gbif.org
Markus Döring
metadata author
GBIF
email: mdoering@gbif.org
originator
International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)
email: info@ictvonline.org
point of contact
International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)
email: info@ictvonline.org