Minutes of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes online discussion on the proposed use of gene sequences as type for naming of prokaryotes, and outcome of vote

Iain C Sutcliffe; Lenie Dijkshoorn; William B Whitman; On Behalf Of The Icsp Executive Board

doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004303

Minutes of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes online discussion on the proposed use of gene sequences as type for naming of prokaryotes, and outcome of vote

Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2020 Jul;70(7):4416-4417. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004303.

Authors

Iain C Sutcliffe¹, Lenie Dijkshoorn², William B Whitman³, On Behalf Of The Icsp Executive Board

Affiliations

¹ Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens GA 30602-2605, USA.

Abstract

The International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes has held an electronic discussion on proposals to amend the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes in order to allow the use of gene sequence data as type. The scientific discussion is reported. Subsequently members of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes voted on these proposals, which were rejected.

Keywords: International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes; International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes; nomenclatural type.