Full name:

The Universal Virus database of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

Short name:

ICTVdB

Version:

Nov 2005

Release date:

November 4th, 2005

Authors/editors:

C Büchen-Osmond (ed)

Taxonomic coverage:

Viruses

Number of species names:

1,320 accepted names; 123 synonyms

Number of infraspecies names:

4,491 accepted names; 0 synonyms

Number of common names:

0

Total number of names:

5,934

Abstract:

The universal system of virus taxonomy now recognises about 2000 virus species and the 6500 virus entries (species & sequenced isolates) listed in the 8th ICTV Report 2005. The database captures records as they appear in sequence databases and refers these to ICTV study groups for taxonomic verification. Each isolate is uniquely identified in ICTVdB by a decimal code that indicates the taxonomic status of the virus entry. The database records all viral properties: genomic data, morphology, hosts and epidemiology. ICTVdB is the taxonomic reference for sequence data in GenBank and UniProt.

Organization:

International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)

Web site:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTVdb/index.htm