key: cord-0004941-y50di0fb authors: Carstens, E. B. title: Ratification vote on taxonomic proposals to the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2009) date: 2009-12-04 journal: Arch Virol DOI: 10.1007/s00705-009-0547-x sha: 5bccaae5a73807e82faa18977f20cefacb8466b2 doc_id: 4941 cord_uid: y50di0fb nan In accordance with the Statutes of the International Committee of Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), the final stage in the process of making changes to the Universal Scheme of Virus Classification is the ratification of taxonomic proposals by ICTV Members. This can occur either at a Plenary meeting of ICTV, held during an International Congress of Virology conference, or by circulation of proposals by mail followed by a ballot. In recent years, ICTV has attempted to make the ratification process more efficient and timely. Therefore, a list of proposals that had been subjected to the full, multi-stage review process was prepared and presented on the ICT-Vonline web pages by June 2009 (http://talk.ictvonline. org/media/22/default.aspx). This review process involved input from the ICTV Study Groups and Subcommittees, other interested virologists, and the ICTV Executive Committee. For the second time, the ratification process was performed entirely by email. The proposals were sent electronically via email on July 5 2009 to ICTV Life Members (11), ICTV Subcommittee Members (80), and ICTV National Representatives (52). Members were then requested to vote on whether or not to ratify the taxonomic proposals, within a three week deadline (voting closed on July 31 2009). ICTV attempts to keep an up-to-date list of all members, including National Representatives, but this is a daunting task. As a means of promoting contact between ICTV and its National Members and to ensure that lists of members are up-to-date, member Societies of IUMS are obliged to either renew ICTV National Members or replace them every three years. In effect, National Members have a 3-year tenure that can be renewed indefinitely. National Societies, which are members of the International Union of Microbiological Societies, are encouraged to contact ICTV directly through the ICTV Secretary with the names of their National Representatives. The Secretary and President of ICTV continually correspond with National Societies to encourage them to communicate yearly with ICTV concerning their National Representative to ICTV. Complete contact information for ICTV Executive Committee members can be obtained from the ICTV web site: http://ictvonline.org. The following are the taxonomic proposals that were ratified by ICTV members in July 2009. The proposals are organized by specific subcommittee, and then the filename posted on-line, which contained the specific information about the proposals. Note that by ICTV convention, all taxon names are italicized. As a result of the vote, all of the above taxonomic proposals were unanimously approved by the Membership who voted. The return rate of votes was approximately 34%. These taxonomic statements are now a part of the official ICTV taxonomy. A list of the approved taxa can be found on the ICTV online web site. The most recent report of ICTV was published in 2005 [1] . ICTV is currently updating this information and expects to publish its 9th Report in 2011. For further information, please visit the ICTV web pages at http://www.ictvonline.org and http://talk.ictvonline.org/. Create species named Pseudomonas phage F116 unassigned in the family Podoviridae Create species named Bacillus phage GA-1 in genus ''Phi29-like viruses Create species named Salmonella phage HK620 in genus ''P22-like viruses 044B Assign species named Pseudomonas phage PaP3 (proposed in 2008.058B) and Pseudomonas phage LUZ24 within the new genus 2008.045B Designate Pseudomonas phage LUZ24 as type species 2008.046B.A.v2.LUZ24-Sp 2008.046B Create species named Pseudomonas phage LUZ24 within the genus ''LUZ24-like viruses 059B Create species named Phormidium phage Pf-WMP3 unassigned in the family Podoviridae Create species named Escherichia phage PhiV10 within the genus ''Epsilon15-like viruses Create species named Shigella phage Sf6 in the genus ''P22-like viruses Create species named Roseobacter phage SIO1 unassigned in the family Podoviridae 098V Name the new genus Tremovirus 2007.099V Create the species Avian encephalomyelitis virus and designate it as type species in the new genus 2007.100 V Designate the species Avian encephalomyelitis virus as species in the new genus 2007.101-2V.A.renamePEV-A to PSV 2007.101V Rename existing species Porcine enterovirus A 2007.102V New name: Porcine sapelovirus 2007.103-6V.A.v3.Sapelovirus 012V Assign species Sturgeon adenovirus A to the new genus 2008.013V Designate species Sturgeon adenovirus A as type species in the new genus 2008.015V Create species named Sturgeon adenovirus A in the new genus 2008.017V Create species named Raptor adenovirus A in genus Siadenovirus 020V Assign two proposed species (Ranid herpesvirus 1, Ranid herpesvirus 2) to proposed genus Batrachovirus 030V Assign two proposed species (Salmonid herpesvirus 1, Salmonid herpesvirus 2) to proposed genus Salmonivirus 107V Name the new genus Gammacoronavirus 2008.108V Assign the two species proposed in 2008.110,111V.01 to the new genus 2008.109V Designate proposed species Avian coronavirus as type species of the new genus 2008.110V Create species named Avian coronavirus in the new genus 2008.111V Create species named Beluga whale coronavirus SW1 in the new genus Porcine hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus, Equine coronavirus, Murine hepatitis virus, Puffinosis coronavirus, Rat coronavirus, Transmissible gastroenteritis virus, Canine coronavirus, Feline coronavirus, Infectious bronchitis virus, Duck coronavirus, Goose coronavirus, Pheasant coronavirus, Pigeon coronavirus, Turkey coronavirus, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus) from the genus Coronavirus Cytorhabdovirus (listed under Plant viruses) 2009.003a,bV Create the species named Lettuce yellow mottle virus in the genus Cytorhabdovirus, family Rhabdoviridae, order Mononegavirales 2009.004a,bV.A.v2.Rhabdoviridae_Sigma-Sp 2009.004a,bV Create the species named Sigma virus to be unassigned in the family Rhabdoviridae, order Mononegavirales 2009.006a,bV.A.v1.Circovirus_Sp 2009.006a,bV Create the species named Swan circovirus in the genus Circovirus San Diego 2009.011aV.A.v2.rename_SV5 2009.011aV Change name of Simian virus 5 to Parainfluenza virus 5 2009.012a,bV.A.v2.Rhabdoviridae_Flanders-Sp 2009.012a,bV Create the species named Flanders virus to be unassigned in the family Rhabdoviridae, order Mononegavirales 2009.013a,bV.A.v2.Rhabdoviridae_Tupaia-Sp 2009.013a,bV Create the species named Tupaia virus to be unassigned in the family Rhabdoviridae Create species Ictalurid herpesvirus 2 and Acipenserid herpesvirus 2 in genus Ictalurivirus, family Alloherpesviridae, order Herpesvirales 2009.017a,bV.A.v2.Rhabdoviridae_Ngaingan-Sp 2009.017a,bV Create the species named Ngaingan virus to be unassigned in the family Rhabdoviridae