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Erschienen in: Archives of Virology 5/2018

25.01.2018 | Virology Division News

Problems of classification in the family Paramyxoviridae

verfasst von: Bert Rima, Peter Collins, Andrew Easton, Ron Fouchier, Gael Kurath, Robert A. Lamb, Benhur Lee, Andrea Maisner, Paul Rota, Lin-Fa Wang

Erschienen in: Archives of Virology | Ausgabe 5/2018

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Abstract

A number of unassigned viruses in the family Paramyxoviridae need to be classified either as a new genus or placed into one of the seven genera currently recognized in this family. Furthermore, numerous new paramyxoviruses continue to be discovered. However, attempts at classification have highlighted the difficulties that arise by applying historic criteria or criteria based on sequence alone to the classification of the viruses in this family. While the recent taxonomic change that elevated the previous subfamily Pneumovirinae into a separate family Pneumoviridae is readily justified on the basis of RNA dependent -RNA polymerase (RdRp or L protein) sequence motifs, using RdRp sequence comparisons for assignment to lower level taxa raises problems that would require an overhaul of the current criteria for assignment into genera in the family Paramyxoviridae. Arbitrary cut off points to delineate genera and species would have to be set if classification was based on the amino acid sequence of the RdRp alone or on pairwise analysis of sequence complementarity (PASC) of all open reading frames (ORFs). While these cut-offs cannot be made consistent with the current classification in this family, resorting to genus-level demarcation criteria with additional input from the biological context may afford a way forward. Such criteria would reflect the increasingly dynamic nature of virus taxonomy even if it would require a complete revision of the current classification.
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Metadaten
Titel
Problems of classification in the family Paramyxoviridae
verfasst von
Bert Rima
Peter Collins
Andrew Easton
Ron Fouchier
Gael Kurath
Robert A. Lamb
Benhur Lee
Andrea Maisner
Paul Rota
Lin-Fa Wang
Publikationsdatum
25.01.2018
Verlag
Springer Vienna
Erschienen in
Archives of Virology / Ausgabe 5/2018
Print ISSN: 0304-8608
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-8798
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-018-3720-2

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