Mauldin Matthew R, Antwerpen Markus, Emerson Ginny L, Li Yu, Zoeller Gudrun, Carroll Darin S, Meyer Hermann
Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, P.O. Box 117, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA.
Viruses. 2017 May 9;9(5):101. doi: 10.3390/v9050101.
Traditionally, virus taxonomy relied on phenotypic properties; however, a sequence-based virus taxonomy has become essential since the recent requirement of a species to exhibit monophyly. The species has failed to meet this requirement, necessitating a reexamination of this species. Here, we report the genomic sequences of nine and, by combining them with the available data of 37 additional genomes, confirm polyphyly of and find statistical support based on genetic data for more than a dozen species. These results are discussed in light of the current International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses species definition, as well as immediate and future implications for poxvirus taxonomic classification schemes. Data support the recognition of five monophyletic clades of as valid species.
传统上，病毒分类学依赖于表型特征；然而，自从最近要求一个物种表现出单系性以来，基于序列的病毒分类学变得至关重要。该物种未能满足这一要求，因此有必要对该物种进行重新审视。在此，我们报告了九个[物种名称]的基因组序列，并将它们与另外37个基因组的现有数据相结合，确认了[物种名称]的多系性，并基于遗传数据为十几个物种找到统计学支持。根据当前国际病毒分类委员会的物种定义对这些结果进行了讨论，以及对痘病毒分类方案的直接和未来影响。数据支持将[物种名称]的五个单系分支识别为有效物种。
