Summary of taxonomy changes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) - General taxonomy proposals, 2025.

Abstract

During the 56th annual meeting of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), held in Bari, Italy, in August 2024, two technical proposals were presented. The first called for amended versions of accepted taxonomic proposals to be named in such a way to ensure that they are readily accessible on the ICTV website (2024.001G). The second proposed a substantial reformatting of the ICTV statutes and codes to produce a more unified text after the numerous changes made to both documents in previous years (2024.002G). Finally, the ICTV Executive Committee (EC) nominated Professor Stuart Siddell as a Life Member of the ICTV for his work over four decades on virus taxonomy, including 16 years as a member of the EC (2024.003G).