Table 1.
Current taxonomy of the human relevant coronaviruses. According the NCBI Taxonomy, National Institutes of Health, USA (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy) and ICTV Taxonomy
| Family | Subfamily | Genus | Subgenus | Species |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coronaviridae | Torovirinae | |||
| Coronavirinae | Alphacoronavirus | Duvinacovirus | Human coronavirus 229E | |
| Setracovirus | Human coronavirus NL63 | |||
| Betacoronavirus | Embecovirus | Betacoronavirus 1 | ||
| Hibecovirus | Human coronavirus HKU1 | |||
| Nobecovirus | ||||
| Sarbecovirus | SARS-CoV | |||
| Merbecovirus | MERS-CoV | |||
| Unclassified Betacoronavirus | 2019-nCoV | |||
| Gammacoronavirus | ||||
| Deltacoronavirus |
2019-nCoV, 2019-novel coronavirus; SARS, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; MERS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome.