The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

The International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature

The International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature

Copyright © 2000 Academic Press

doi: 10.1006/bkvt.2000.0112

1. Statutory basis for the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)

2. Principles of Nomenclature

3. Rules of Classification and Nomenclature

I - General Rules

The universal scheme

Scope of the classification

Limitations

II - Rules about naming Taxa

Status of Names

Decision making

Procedures for naming taxa

III - Rules about Species

Definition of a virus species

Definition of “tentative” status

Construction of a name

IV - Rules about Genera

V - Rules about Subfamilies

VI - Rules about Families

VII - Rules about Orders

VIII - Rules about Sub-viral Agents

Viroids

Other sub-viral Agents

IX - Rules for Orthography

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