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- In 2020, the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP) rejected a proposal to change the naming rules for prokaryotes to include gene sequences as a basis for nomenclature.
- In 2022, an alternative naming system called SeqCode was introduced, allowing genome sequences to be used for naming species.
- The ICSP's taxonomy subcommittee believes that using gene sequences could improve naming for hard-to-culture microorganisms, like chlamydiae, and suggests registering new names for uncultured prokaryotes in the SeqCode registry.
Article Abstract
The International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP) discussed and rejected in 2020 a proposal to modify the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes to allow the use of gene sequences as type for naming prokaryotes. An alternative nomenclatural code, the (SeqCode), which considers genome sequences as type material for naming species, was published in 2022. Members of the ICSP subcommittee for the taxonomy of the phylum () consider that the use of gene sequences as type would benefit the taxonomy of microorganisms that are difficult to culture such as the chlamydiae and other strictly intracellular bacteria. We recommend the registration of new names of uncultured prokaryotes in the SeqCode registry.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10320375 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2023.101158 | DOI Listing |
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