The SeqCode Committee has opened the call for applications to the SeqCode Prize 2026, sponsored by ISME. @isme-microbes.bsky.social

@isme-microbes.bsky.social offers a great opportunity to publish uncultured microbes via #SeqCode using #genomes as type material. A fantastic step toward embracing the true diversity of microbes! But isolates are also welcome 🧫🔬🦠😁 @seqcode.bsky.social

ISME - International Society for Microbial Ecology@isme-microbes.bsky.social · 11mo ago

ISME Communications is expanding its scope to include Taxonomy and Nomenclature, recognizing their essential role in microbial ecology. Read more: isme-microbes.org/taxonomy-and... #microbes #taxonomy

🎉 The #SeqCode has reached a significant milestone: with the validation of the genus Skiveiella, a total of 1,000 #names have now been validly published under the SeqCode. This achievement marks a major step forward in the adoption and impact of the SeqCode within the scientific community.

Part 2 of our #SeqCode video series is here! This time, we dive into #Latin and #name formation, presented by Dr. Dominik Berrens from Johannes Gutenberg-Universität in Mainz. 🍿 Enjoy share, and don't be shy - ask questions in the comments! #Nomenclature #Taxonomy www.youtube.com/watch?v=eldx...

A Primer in Latin for Prokaryotic Nomenclature

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A brief introduction to the #SeqCode is now online! Check it out, share it with your colleagues, and let us know what you think! Bravo to @rodriguez-r.bsky.social for preparing and recording this! Part# 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-wk...

A Brief Introduction to the SeqCode

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Happy classifying and naming!

TETTRIX@tettrix.eu · last yr.

It's Taxonomy Recognition Day! 🧡💙💚 Our partners are organising events all around Europe: 🇧🇪🇩🇪🇩🇰🇪🇸🇫🇮🇫🇷🇬🇷🇮🇹🇳🇱🇳🇴🇦🇹🇵🇹🇨🇿🇸🇪... You can still help raise awareness about the importance of Taxonomy for Biodiversity and Natural Sciences by participating in the #NameItToSaveIt campaign! 👇 #tettriseu #taxonomy #biodiversity

Zombie names are creating worries among botanists (and not only)...

@rogerhyam.bsky.social · last yr.

We think we have discovered a "feature" of LLMs that will cause havoc for taxonomists and nomenclature people. They are likely to pollute the literature and databases with hallucinated junk names. 🧪 #botany #taxonomy #systematics #nomenclature #biodiversity stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/40107

Saving microbes might sound like a crazy idea to some, but naming them could actually help protect them too. Imagine if all Lactobacillus spp. suddenly disappeared from your gut… you'd better name them! #Taxonomy #Nomenclature #Microbes

TETTRIX@tettrix.eu · last yr.

What is the Taxonomy Recognition Day, and why do we celebrate it on May 23? #tettriseu replies! 👇 youtu.be/t_3ZMHTQnbI?... Don't forget to participate in our #nameittosaveit campaign! @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @mnhn.fr @naturalis.bsky.social @nhmwien.bsky.social @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org

Quentin Groom, Stream Leader at #TETTRIsEU, explains why we released a #PolicyBrief on Biological #Nomenclature. "There is a gap we shall fill in how we work together with #scientists from all over the world..." You can read and download the PB here tettris.eu/publications/ #Taxonomy4Science

This paper is part of a special issue of SAM partnered with #seqcode, as we also propose names for two novel genera within the MB11C04 family, as well as suggest a non-alphanumeric name, Seribacteraceae. Check it out!

Very happy to share that the first manuscript of my PhD with @cotoorellana.bsky.social in #MolEcol @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social is published! We characterise a family of Verrucomicrobiota in the context of spring blooms, revealing their specialisation in potential complex glycan degradation

A 6-month discussion on the revision of the #ICNP is underway, including #Section_10 to regulate the #Candidatus names. Pro-statuses will be added to the names with various nomenclature types 🤔. Please share your thoughts: icnp-revision.slack.com How to join: doi.org/10.1099/ijse... #SeqCode

"MIRRI-ERIC fully supports the importance of maintaining physical type strains as NTs, while also recommending genome sequence data that meet SeqCode's quality standards as additional NTs." 👏 #Nomenclature #SeqCode #Taxonomy #genomes

Praveen RAHI@pravrahi.bsky.social · 2y ago

In recent discussions, the rules on prokaryotic nomenclature have sparked debate for various reasons. Our team (MIRRI-ERIC) presents a solution to harmonize ICNP and SeqCode, benefiting microbial ecologists and microbiologists alike. read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #nomenclature

This is a great study, and both codes are doing their best to serve our scientific community. The SeqCode recognizes names validly published under the ICNP and their priorities; thus, Patescibacteriota it is. We hope this promotes the reuse of existing names where possible.

DEEMteam_Orsay@deemteam.bsky.social · 2y ago

A new chapter in the ICNP-SeqCode battle: Should the phylum Patescibacteria be called Minisyncoccota or Patescibacteriota? : www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour... academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

Later synonym (phylum name) under the SeqCode: Patescibacteriota (ex Rinke et al., 2013) Dutkiewicz et al., 2024

Xabier Vázquez-Campos@xabivc.bsky.social · 2y ago

And now a synonym under the ICNP... 🫠 www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Originally defined by Rinke et al. (2013) as Candidatus Patescibacteria, the phylum #Patescibacteriota now has a validly published name and an official type! Explore the lifestyle, biogeography, and metabolic capabilities of its type genus, #Patescibacterium, here: doi.org/10.1093/isme... #SeqCode

Proposal of Patescibacterium danicum gen. nov., sp. nov. in the ubiquitous bacterial phylum Patescibacteriota phyl. nov.

Abstract. Candidatus Patescibacteria is a diverse bacterial phylum that is notable for members with ultrasmall cell size, reduced genomes, limited metaboli

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"...nature needs to be understood and named in a stable, universal, operationally neutral, and transcultural manner." From a collective international appeal on the stability of biological nomenclature. Read more: doi.org/10.1093/bios... #Nomenclature #names #Biodiversity

Did you know that the #GTDB phylum #CSP1-3 is now called #Sysuimicrobiota? This new name originates from its type genus, which is named after Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU) in China. Explore all newly named members here: registry.seqco.de/registers/r:... Read: doi.org/10.1093/nsr/... #SeqCode

Read more about the code: doi.org/10.1038/s415... Explore the SeqCode Registry: registry.seqco.de #SeqCode #Nomenclature #Genomes #Bacteria #Archaea

SeqCode: a nomenclatural code for prokaryotes described from sequence data - Nature Microbiology

SeqCode is the result of a community effort to unify nomenclature for uncultured and cultured prokaryotes using genome sequences.

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Since 2022, the SeqCode Registry has enabled the valid publication of 700+ names, providing nomenclatural stability and recognition for prokaryotes described without pure cultures. We’re a small but growing community advancing the use of genomic data in naming microorganisms. #SeqCode #Nomenclature