Proposals to revise the Statutes of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes

David R Arahal; Markus Göker; Richard L Hahnke; Célia M Manaia; Edward R B Moore; Aharon Oren; Iain C Sutcliffe; Stefano Ventura

doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.006291

Proposals to revise the Statutes of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes

Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2024 Mar;74(3):006291. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.006291.

Authors

David R Arahal¹, Markus Göker², Richard L Hahnke³, Célia M Manaia⁴, Edward R B Moore⁵, Aharon Oren⁶, Iain C Sutcliffe⁷, Stefano Ventura⁸

Affiliations

¹ Departamento de Microbiología y Ecología, Universitat de València, 46100 Burjassot (Valencia), Spain.
² Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Department of Bioinformatics and Databases, Inhoffenstrasse 7B, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
³ Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Department of Microorganisms, Inhoffenstrasse 7B, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
⁴ Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina - Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Rua Diogo Botelho 1327, 4169-005 Porto, Portugal.
⁵ Department of Infectious Disease, and Culture Collection University of Gothenburg, Institute for Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, P.O. Box 7193, SE0492 34, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁶ Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, The Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel.
⁷ Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK.
⁸ IRET-CNR, Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems, National Research Council, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, and NBCF, National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy.

Abstract

The International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes serves to administer the rules of prokaryotic nomenclature via the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes, ensures the publication of the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, and works to represent the interests of the microbiological disciplines regarding prokaryotic nomenclature. The functions and mechanisms of operation of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP) are defined in its Statutes, which were last revised in 2019. As members of the 2020-2023 and the 2023-2026 ICSP Executive Board and the Judicial Commission, we propose here some further revisions to help improve the clarity and functionality of the Statutes.

Keywords: ICSP; International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes; statutes; taxonomy.

MeSH terms

Bacterial Typing Techniques
Base Composition
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Fatty Acids* / chemistry
Phylogeny
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
DNA, Bacterial
Fatty Acids