面对日益增长的新病毒种类和数量,及其复杂的内在关系,现有的病毒分类方法已凸显出其局限性。2019年,病毒分类和命名的权威机构国际病毒分类委员会(the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses,ICTV),基于病毒的系统进化关系提出了一种全新的、包含15个分类等级或阶元的病毒分类系统,并已经在ICTV的官方网站https://ictv。global/上线发布,公众可以在线免费查找动态的病毒分类信息。新的病毒分类系统能更好地揭示病毒错综复杂的内在关系以及群体进化机制,使我们能以更客观及系统的方法对病毒进行分类和命名。本文就ICTV网站有关病毒分类的主要概况,特别是最新的病毒分类和ICTV报告进展作一综述。
The Database of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses:Its Present and Future Developments
To adapt to the burgeoning diversity and complexity of new viruses,existing virus classification methods have revealed their limitations.Addressing these challenges,the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses(ICTV)has rolled out a novel classification system in 2019,comprising 15 taxonomic ranks or taxa.This system,available on the ICTV's official site:https://ictv.global/,allows the public to freely access real-time virus taxonomy data.This system sheds light on the intricate connections and macro evolutionary mechanisms of viruses,allowing a more objective and systematic approach for virus classification and nomenclature.
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