FAIRsharing record for: International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

This FAIRsharing record describes: The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) taxonomic database is a maintained resource comprised of a universal taxonomic scheme for all the viruses infecting animals (vertebrates, invertebrates and protozoa), plants (higher plants and algae), fungi, bacteria and archaea. The ICTV Executive Committee (EC) has established over 100 international Study Groups (SGs) covering all virus taxa with subcommittees encompassing curation of Archaeal Viruses, Animal DNA Viruses and Retroviruses, Animal dsRNA and ssRNA- Viruses, Animal ssRNA+ Viruses, Bacterial Viruses, Fungal and Protist Viruses, and Plant Viruses.