杆状病毒新的分类地位和书写方式

New Taxonomic Status and Name Writing of the Baculoviruses

2020年10月ICTV更新了主要病毒名录,该文件新增了纳尔达病毒纲Naldaviricetes和勒乏病毒目Lefavirales。勒乏病毒目含中有包括杆状病毒科Baculoviridae在内的3个科,而杆状病毒科分为4个属:甲型杆状病毒属Alphabaculovirus、乙型杆状病毒属Betabaculovirus、丙型杆状病毒属Deltabaculovirus和丁型杆状病毒属Gammabaculovirus,该名录中杆状病毒科有85个主要种。根据ICTV网站病毒名称和种名的书写规范,杆状病毒的种名由其宿主昆虫的种名和病毒特性词(如nucleopolyhedrovirus和granulovirus)组成,其中宿主昆虫的属名首字母大写,其余字母均小写。病毒的种名(在用于系统分类时)书写全部用斜体,但其他情形时病毒名称(包括其宿主的属和种名)均采用正体书写。杆状病毒名称的缩写一般采用宿主属名和种名的前两位双字母+病毒特性词缩写的方式,但16种传统杆状病毒的缩写仍沿用宿主的属名和种名首位单字母+病毒特性词的缩写的方式。

In October 2020,ICTV updated the Master Species List which created the new class of Naldaviricetes and the new order of Lefavirales.Lefavirales consists of three families including the Baculoviridae.Baculoviridae is divided into four genera:Alphabaculovirus,Betabaculovirus,Deltabacuulovirus,and Gammabaculovirus.Total 85 major baculovirus species are included in the list.According to the ICTV website,the baculovirus species name consists of the host insect species name and virus characteristic words(nucleopolyhedrovirus or granulovirus),the initial letter of the host genus is uppercase,the other letters are lowercase.The virus species name(when used for system classification)is written in italics,but in other cases,the virus name including the name of a host species should never be italicized.The abbreviation of baculovirus name consists of the first two letters of the host genus and those of the species name followed by the abbreviation of nucleopolyhedrovirus(NPV)or granulovirus(GV),while the 16 traditional baculovirus abbreviations still use the acronyms of host genus and species name followed by NPV or GV.