Dialogue on the nomenclature and classification of prokaryotes

Ramon Rosselló-Móra; William B Whitman

doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2018.07.002

Dialogue on the nomenclature and classification of prokaryotes

Syst Appl Microbiol. 2019 Jan;42(1):5-14. doi: 10.1016/j.syapm.2018.07.002. Epub 2018 Jul 7.

Authors

Ramon Rosselló-Móra¹, William B Whitman²

Affiliations

¹ Marine Microbiology Group, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), 07190 Esporles, Spain. Electronic address: rossello-mora@uib.es.
² Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.

PMID: 30017185
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2018.07.002

Abstract

The application of next generation sequencing and molecular ecology to the systematics and taxonomy of prokaryotes offers enormous insights into prokaryotic biology. This discussion explores some major disagreements but also considers the opportunities associated with the nomenclature of the uncultured taxa, the use of genome sequences as type material, the plurality of the nomenclatural code, and the roles of an official or computer-assisted taxonomy.

Keywords: Bacteriological code; Candidatus; Nomenclature; Taxonomy; Type material.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Archaea / classification*
Bacteria / classification*
High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
Terminology as Topic*