Use of gene sequences as type for naming prokaryotes: Recommendations of the international committee on the taxonomy of chlamydiae

Gilbert Greub*, Trestan Pillonel, Patrik M. Bavoil, Nicole Borel, Lee Ann Campbell, Deborah Dean, Scott Hefty, Matthias Horn, Servaas A. Morré, Scot P. Ouellette, Yvonne Pannekoek, Mirja Puolakkainen, Peter Timms, Raphael Valdivia, Daisy Vanrompay

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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 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.
Original languageEnglish
Article number101158
Number of pages4
JournalNew Microbes and New Infections
Volume54
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2023

Keywords

  • Chlamydia
  • Chlamydiales
  • Intracellular bacteria
  • SeqCode
  • Taxogenomics

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