Please share as widely as possible. Early career scientists and graduate students are particularly encouraged to participate. Additional information can be found at seqco.de/prize, application deadline: April/30/2026.
This prize recognizes significant achievements in prokaryotic systematics advancing the aims and reach of the #SeqCode. The recipient will receive travel support to attend the #ISME20 Symposium in Auckland, New Zealand.
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
🎉 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 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...
Happy classifying and naming!
microbe! 🥰
Zombie names are creating worries among botanists (and not only)...
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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
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Great initiative 👏
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
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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
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.
Later synonym (phylum name) under the SeqCode:
Patescibacteriota (ex Rinke et al., 2013) Dutkiewicz et al., 2024
Thus, it is considered a later synonym...
It is important to note that, based on the validation date, the phylum name Patescibacteriota has priority over Minisyncoccota under the SeqCode.
A typical nature of taxonomy and nomenclature, with ongoing discoveries and new proposals...
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
"...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
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
