title: Taxonomy of prokaryotic viruses: update from the ICTV bacterial and archaeal viruses subcommittee.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Molecular Biology of the Gene in Extremophiles, Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75015, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Mart
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authors.lastname: Krupovic
authors.affiliation: Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.|Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, Radboud University, Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.|Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Bas E
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2329-7890
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Dutilh
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, Pretoria, 0028, South Africa.
authors.forename: Evelien M
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4826-5406
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Adriaenssens
authors.affiliation: Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Inhoffenstraße 7B, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wittmann
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 26, 1958, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
authors.forename: Finn K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Vogensen
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, 496 W 12th Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.|Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering, Ohio State University, 470 Hitchcock Hall, 2070 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
authors.forename: Mathew B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.affiliation: Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Center, Rātsupītes 1, Riga, LV, 1067, Latvia.
authors.forename: Janis
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rumnieks
authors.affiliation: Unit of Molecular Biology of the Gene in Extremophiles, Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75015, Paris, France.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Prangishvili
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Gene Technology, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 21-box 2462, 3001, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lavigne
authors.affiliation: Departments of Food Science, Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Pathobiology, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd E, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada. Phage.Canada@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Andrew M
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6871-6799
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kropinski
authors.affiliation: Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Schmelzbergstrasse 7, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Jochen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klumpp
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Food and Environmental Microbiology, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 2, L7.05.12, 1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
authors.forename: Annika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gillis
authors.affiliation: Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, Laboratoire "Microorganismes: Génome et Environnement", Clermont-Ferrand, France.|CNRS UMR 6023, LMGE, Aubière, France.
authors.forename: Francois
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Enault
authors.affiliation: Bioinformatics Lab, Department of Computer Science, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA, 92182-7720, USA.
authors.forename: Rob A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, 14 College Farm Rd, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, USA.
authors.forename: Siobain
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Duffy
authors.affiliation: Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 9HN, UK.
authors.forename: Martha R C
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Clokie
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Virology, Institute of Experimental Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614, Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: Jakub
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barylski
authors.affiliation: L'Institut de biologie intégrative et des systems, Université Laval, Pavillon Charles-Eugène-Marchand, 1030, avenue de la Médecine, Quebec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada.
authors.forename: Hans-Wolfgang
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Ackermann
authors.affiliation: Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA.
authors.forename: Jens H
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authors.initials: JH
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mesh_terms: D001105:Archaea / Q000821:virology*; D023641:Archaeal Viruses / Q000145:classification*; D002965:Classification / Q000379:methods; D007391:International Cooperation; D010802:Phylogeny; D012958:Societies, Scientific; D009626:Terminology as Topic