Virus taxonomy in the age of metagenomics

Simmonds, Peter; Adams, Mike; Benkő, Mária; Breitbart, Mya; Rodney Brister, J.; B. Carstens, Eric; J. Davison, Andrew; Delwart, Eric; E. Gorbalenya, Alexander; Harrach, Balázs; Hull, Roger; M. Q. King, Andrew; V. Koonin, Eugene; Krupovìč, Mart; H. Kuhn, Jens; J. Lefkowitz, Elliot; L. Nibert, Max; Orton, Richard; J. Roossinck, Marilyn; Sabanadzovic, Sead; B. Sullivan, Matthew; A. Suttle, Curtis; B. Tesh, Robert; van der Vlugt, R.A.A.; Varsani, Arvind; Murilo Zerbini, F.

doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2016.177

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Virus taxonomy in the age of metagenomics

Published in Nature Reviews Microbiology • Jan 3, 2017

Authors:

Peter Simmonds

Mike Adams

Mária Benkő

Abstract

Although viral sequences are important in taxonomy, classification has typically also required biological properties, thus excluding viruses that were identified by metagenomics. The proposals in this Consensus Statement, which are supported by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICT...

Subject

Metagenomics

Human virome

Virus classification

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