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SeqCode @seqcode.bsky.social · May 25

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

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A Primer in Latin for Prokaryotic Nomenclature

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SeqCode @seqcode.bsky.social · May 25

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

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A Brief Introduction to the SeqCode

YouTube video by SeqCode

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SeqCode @seqcode.bsky.social · May 23

Happy classifying and naming!

TETTRIs @tettris.eu · May 23

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

SeqCode @seqcode.bsky.social · May 23

microbe! 🥰

SeqCode @seqcode.bsky.social · May 22

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

rogerhyam.bsky.social @rogerhyam.bsky.social · Apr 23

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

Will generative AI lead to the zombie name apocalypse?

An online discussion about exchanging seeds of a new species called Meconopsis jiajinshanensis led to the Chinese botanical website iplant.cn and the page for Meconopsis balangensis var. atrata. ...

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SeqCode @seqcode.bsky.social · May 22

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SeqCode @seqcode.bsky.social · May 22

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

TETTRIs @tettris.eu · May 13

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

Taxonomy Recognition Day

YouTube video by TETTRIsEU

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SeqCode @seqcode.bsky.social · Feb 27

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SeqCode @seqcode.bsky.social · Feb 27

Great initiative 👏

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TETTRIs @tettris.eu · Feb 25

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

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Isa Wilkie @iwilkie.bsky.social · Dec 5

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!

Redirecting

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Isa Wilkie @iwilkie.bsky.social · Dec 5

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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SeqCode @seqcode.bsky.social · Feb 27

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SeqCode @seqcode.bsky.social · Feb 26

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

Slack

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SeqCode @seqcode.bsky.social · Feb 13

"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 · Jan 23

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

MIRRI-ERIC's position on the recent evolution of the international code of nomenclature of prokaryotes

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SeqCode @seqcode.bsky.social · Feb 12

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 · Feb 12

A new chapter in the ICNP-SeqCode battle: Should the phylum Patescibacteria be called Minisyncoccota or Patescibacteriota? :

www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

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Minisyncoccus archaeiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic, obligate parasitic bacterium and proposal of Minisyncoccaceae fam. nov., Minisyncoccales ord. nov., Minisyncoccia class. nov. and Minisyn...

In the domain Bacteria, one of the largest, most diverse and environmentally ubiquitous phylogenetic groups, Candidatus Patescibacteria (also known as candidate phyla radiation/CPR), remains poorly ch...

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SeqCode @seqcode.bsky.social · Feb 12

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

Xabier Vázquez-Campos @xabivc.bsky.social · Feb 11

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

Minisyncoccus archaeiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic, obligate parasitic bacterium and proposal of Minisyncoccaceae fam. nov., Minisyncoccales ord. nov., Minisyncoccia class. nov. and Minisyn...

In the domain Bacteria, one of the largest, most diverse and environmentally ubiquitous phylogenetic groups, Candidatus Patescibacteria (also known as candidate phyla radiation/CPR), remains poorly ch...

www.microbiologyresearch.org

SeqCode @seqcode.bsky.social · Feb 12

Thus, it is considered a later synonym...

SeqCode @seqcode.bsky.social · Feb 12

It is important to note that, based on the validation date, the phylum name Patescibacteriota has priority over Minisyncoccota under the SeqCode.

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SeqCode @seqcode.bsky.social · Feb 12

A typical nature of taxonomy and nomenclature, with ongoing discoveries and new proposals...

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SeqCode @seqcode.bsky.social · Feb 11

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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SeqCode @seqcode.bsky.social · Jan 28

"...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

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SeqCode @seqcode.bsky.social · Jan 27

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

Register list for 44 new names including Fervidifonticultor octavus sp. nov. | SeqCode Registry

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SeqCode @seqcode.bsky.social · Jan 27

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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SeqCode @seqcode.bsky.social · Jan 27

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

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