Development of the SeqCode: A proposed nomenclatural code for uncultivated prokaryotes with DNA sequences as type.

ABSTRACT: Over the last fifteen years, genomics has become fully integrated into prokaryotic systematics. The genomes of most type strains have been sequenced, genome sequence similarity is widely used for delineation of species, and phylogenomic methods are commonly used for classification of higher taxonomic ranks. Additionally, environmental genomics has revealed a vast diversity of as-yet-uncultivated taxa. In response to these developments, a new code of nomenclature, the Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes Described from Sequence Data (SeqCode), has been developed over the last two years to allow naming of Archaea and Bacteria using DNA sequences as the nomenclatural types. The SeqCode also allows naming of cultured organisms, including fastidious prokaryotes that cannot be deposited into cult

SUBMITTER: Whitman WB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9489671 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature