Greub, GilbertPillonel, TrestanBavoil, Patrik M.Borel, NicoleCampbell, Lee AnnDean, DeborahHefty, ScottHorn, MatthiasMorré, Servaas A.Ouellette, Scot P.Pannekoek, YvonnePuolakkainen, MirjaTimms, PeterValdivia, RaphaelVanrompay, Daisy2023-08-162023-08-162023-09Greub, 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.2023.101158https://hdl.handle.net/1808/34743The 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.© 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC-BY license.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/SeqCodeTaxogenomicsChlamydialesIntracellular bacteriaChlamydiaArticle10.1016/j.nmni.2023.101158https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4490-1746https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8309-5855https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1682-0025PMC10320375openAccess