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Taxonomical developments in the family Polyomaviridae

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The Polyomaviridae Study Group of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) has recommended several taxonomical revisions, as follows: The family Polyomaviridae, which is currently constituted as a single genus (Polyomavirus), will be comprised of three genera: two containing mammalian viruses and one containing avian viruses. The two mammalian genera will be designated Orthopolyomavirus and Wukipolyomavirus, and the avian genus will be named Avipolyomavirus. These genera will be created by the redistribution of species from the current single genus (Polyomavirus) and by the inclusion of several new species. In addition, the names of several species will be changed to reflect current usage.

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Acknowledgments

This updating of the Polyomaviridae taxonomy is the result of ongoing deliberations of the Polyomaviridae Study Group (chaired by L.C. Norkin), beginning in September 2007. Key contributors to this report included R. Johne who first suggested the creation of the genus Avipolyomavirus, and C. Buck who initially proposed creating separate mammalian virus genera. L.C. Norkin prepared this report, making extensive use of a formal proposal presented to the ICTV by R. Johne and H. Muller. We are grateful to A. Davison and A. King of the ICTV Executive Committee for advice and support during our efforts.

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  1. Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Diedersdorfer Weg 1, 12277, Berlin, Germany

    Reimar Johne

  2. Department of Microbiology, Room 203 Morrill Science Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA

    Leonard C. Norkin

  3. Tumor Virus Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892-4263, USA

    Christopher B. Buck

  4. Laboratory for Clinical Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, 17176, Stockholm, Sweden

    Tobias Allander

  5. Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, USA

    Walter J. Atwood

  6. Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, 347UCB, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA

    Robert L. Garcea

  7. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA

    Michael J. Imperiale

  8. Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Neuroscience, Molecular Medicine and Virology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Building 10 Room 3B14 MSC 1295, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1296, USA

    Eugene O. Major

  9. Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Cancer Center Karolinska, R8:01, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, 171 76, Stockholm, Sweden

    Torbjorn Ramqvist

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Johne, R., Buck, C.B., Allander, T. et al. Taxonomical developments in the family Polyomaviridae . Arch Virol 156, 1627–1634 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-011-1008-x

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