Gatherer, Derek and Benko, Maria and Brandt, Curtis and Bryant, Neil and Dastjerdi, Akbar and Depledge, Daniel and Doszpoly, Andor and Gompels, Ursula and Hartley, Carol and Inoue, Naoki and Jarosinski, Keith and Kaul, Rajeev and Lacoste, Vincent and Norberg, Peter and Origgi, Francesco and Orton, Richard and Pellett, Philip and Schmid, Scott and Stewart, James and Szpara, Moriah and Trimpert, Jakob and Vaz, Paola and Waltzek, Tom and Davison, Andrew (2018) 18 new species in the family Herpesviridae. Working Paper. UNSPECIFIED.
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Abstract
Genome sequences are available for a sizeable number of herpesviruses that need to be classified. The Herpesvirales Study Group plans to approach this in a staged fashion. This year, we focus on the family Herpesviridae and propose the classification of 18 new species in existing genera and the placement of one existing species, which was not assigned to a genus, into an existing genus.