School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK.
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Saint Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia.
Arch Virol. 2020 Feb;165(2):519-525. doi: 10.1007/s00705-019-04477-6.
The Executive Committee of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) recognizes the need for a standardized nomenclature for virus species. This article sets out the case for establishing a binomial nomenclature and presents the advantages and disadvantages of different naming formats. The Executive Committee understands that adopting a binomial system would have major practical consequences, and invites comments from the virology community before making any decisions to change the existing nomenclature. The Executive Committee will take account of these comments in deciding whether to approve a standardized binomial system at its next meeting in October 2020. Note that this system would relate only to the formal names of virus species and not to the names of viruses.
国际病毒分类委员会（ICTV）执行委员会认识到需要为病毒种建立标准化的命名法。本文阐述了建立二名法命名的理由，并介绍了不同命名格式的优缺点。执行委员会理解采用二名法系统将产生重大实际后果，因此在做出任何改变现有命名法的决定之前，邀请病毒学界发表意见。执行委员会将在 2020 年 10 月的下次会议上，根据这些意见决定是否批准标准化的二名法系统。请注意，该系统仅适用于病毒种的正式名称，而不适用于病毒的名称。
