{"id":10328,"date":"2023-02-21T12:56:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T17:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=10328"},"modified":"2023-02-21T14:32:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T19:32:37","slug":"influenza-virus-ncbi-taxonomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/2023\/02\/21\/influenza-virus-ncbi-taxonomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming changes to influenza virus names in NCBI Taxonomy"},"content":{"rendered":"

In order to reflect changes<\/a> to the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature<\/a> (ICVCN) made by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), NCBI will introduce new binomial influenza species names like ‘Alphainfluenzavirus influenzae.’<\/em>\u00a0Changes are expected to be in place near summer 2023.<\/p>\n

We recognize that the traditional influenza virus names like \u2018Influenza A virus\u2019 and \u2018Influenza B virus\u2019 are broadly used in public health, educational institutions, and research. To minimize the impact of this change to those who use NCBI resources, the taxonomy schema will keep the former names in the lineages for each species; however, they will be moved below the (new) species taxa in the hierarchy. See example below.<\/p>\n

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Former lineages<\/h6>\n

Genus<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/td>

Species<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr>

Alphainfluenzavirus<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/td>

Influenza A virus<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr>

Betainfluenzavirus<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/td>

Influenza B virus<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr>

Gammainfluenzavirus<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/td>

Influenza C virus<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr>

Deltainfluenzavirus<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/td>

Influenza D virus<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/div>\n\n

New lineages<\/h6>\n

Genus<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/td>

Species<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/td>

Below species<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr>

Alphainfluenzavirus<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/td>

Alphainfluenzavirus influenzae<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/td>

influenza A virus<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr>

Betainfluenzavirus<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/td>

Betainfluenzavirus influenzae<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/td>

influenza B virus<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr>

Gammainfluenzavirus <\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/td>

Gammainfluenzavirus influenzae<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/td>

influenza C virus<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr>

Deltainfluenzavirus<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/td>

Deltainfluenzavirus influenzae<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/td>

influenza D virus<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/div>\n\n

Please note:<\/strong> Taxonomy Identifiers (TaxIds) remain the same and will continue to refer to the below-species names. For example, TaxId 11320 will still refer to influenza A virus. Also, the widely known virus names will still be displayed prominently on Entrez (GenBank) records and BLAST results. These are some considerations customers should keep in mind when submitting or accessing influenza data at NCBI:<\/p>\n