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Use of gene sequences as type for naming prokaryotes: Recommendations of the international committee on the taxonomy of chlamydiae
Greub, Gilbert Pillonel, Trestan Bavoil, Patrik M. Borel, Nicole Campbell, Lee Ann Dean, Deborah Hefty, Scott Horn, Matthias Morré, Servaas A. Ouellette, Scot P.
Greub, Gilbert
Pillonel, Trestan
Bavoil, Patrik M.
Borel, Nicole
Campbell, Lee Ann
Dean, Deborah
Hefty, Scott
Horn, Matthias
Morré, Servaas A.
Ouellette, Scot P.
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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 Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes Described from Sequence Data (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 Chlamydiae (Chlamydiota) 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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2023-09
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SeqCode, Taxogenomics, Chlamydiales, Intracellular bacteria, Chlamydia
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Greub, G., Pillonel, T., Bavoil, P. M., Borel, N., Campbell, L. A., Dean, D., Hefty, S., Horn, M., Morré, S. A., Ouellette, S. P., Pannekoek, Y., Puolakkainen, M., Timms, P., Valdivia, R., & Vanrompay, D. (2023). Use of gene sequences as type for naming prokaryotes: Recommendations of the international committee on the taxonomy of chlamydiae. New microbes and new infections, 54, 101158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2023.101158