Bacterial Nomenclature Up-to-date
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the DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Braunschweig,
Germany
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A complete list of the names can be downloaded from our FTP server: bactname.pdf (PDF file), bactname.exe (self-extracting file for MS-DOS systems) or names.txt (uncompressed ASCII text file). To import the list of names into a database or a spreadsheet programme, you can download bactname.zip (compressed Excel file).
Other useful information on bacterial or general nomenclature can be found at
The naming of bacteria is controlled
by the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (Lapage et al., 1992).
The correct name of a bacterial taxon is based on:
Valid publication of new names and
new nomenclatural combinations can only be made by publication in the
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC
BACTERIOLOGY (IJSB) / INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY
MICROCBIOLOGY (IJSEM) (from January 2000), either as an original article
or in the "VALIDATION LISTS" regularly appearing in that journal. The
VALIDATION LISTS constitute valid publication of new names and new
combinations that were previously effectively published outside the
IJSB/IJSEM.
Names not considered to be validly
published should no longer be used or should be used in quotation marks
(e.g."Bacillus mesentericus") to denote that the name is not validly published.
The APPROVED LISTS contain more than 2200
names at the genus level and below and 124 names of higher taxa. 109 Validation
Lists have been published (June 2006). To date, the total number of validly
published bacterial species names is 7576 of which about 1375 are synonyms
belonging to 1457 different named genera of which about 80 are synonyms.
BACTERIAL NOMENCLATURE UP-TO-DATE is a compilation of
all bacterial names which have been validly published since January 1 1980
and nomenclatural changes which have been validly published since.
It will be updated with the publication of each new issue of the IJSEM.
BACTERIAL NOMENCLATURE UP-TO-DATE is
published by the DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen
GmbH. It is also available on disk and in a printed version. DSMZ accepts
no responsibility for any errors.
The risk group classification is based
on the list produced by the German Occupational Safety and Benefit Authority
of the Chemical Industry (last edition: 07/2005).
"Bacterial Nomenclature up-to-date" is
based on the work of Norbert Weiss, who maintained the database until his
retirement in February 2003. The database is based on those names which
are validly published according to the Bacteriological Code. The present
database is maintained under the supervision of
Manfred Kracht, who may be consulted on technical aspects (database or
online access). Queries relating to nomenclature or taxonomic interpretation
may be addressed to Brian J. Tindall.
Introduction
During the last decades bacterial taxonomy
has undergone remarkable changes. New categories of information of potential
taxonomic value have become available (eg chemotaxonomy, DNA base composition,
DNA-DNA hybridization, etc) which make possible very fine distinctions
between organisms and reveal dissimilarities not detected before. In addition
phylogeny has attracted increasing attention and phylogenetic relationships
are now an important basis in the classification of bacteria. The integrated
use of phenotypic and genotypic characteristics will have great influence
not only on classification. It has also strongly influenced bacterial nomenclature
and will continue to do so.
Since 1 January 1980, priority of bacterial
names is based upon the APPROVED LISTS OF BACTERIAL NAMES (Skerman et al.,
1980). Names that were not included in the APPROVED LISTS lost standing
in bacterial nomenclature.