There are fewer than 20,000 prokaryotic species with validly published names, meaning >99% of a reasonable estimate of microbial diversity remains formally unnamed. Here we explore the damaging consequences of the current practice in which each new species is described in a standardized publication, most typically a 'single strain species description'. This approach is both an impediment to scaling up progress in naming the microbial world and also a significant factor in the poor reputation of the discipline of microbial taxonomy. We conclude that significant changes in author habits are needed and make constructive suggestions as to how author practice should adapt
A survey of the descriptions of novel bacterial species published in the period 1996–2006revealed th...
Background For the majority of microbial eukaryotes (protists, algae), there is no clearly superior ...
Background For the majority of microbial eukaryotes (protists, algae), there is no clearly superior ...
There are fewer than 20,000 prokaryotic species with validly published names, meaning >99% of a reas...
There are fewer than 20,000 prokaryotic species with validly published names, meaning >99% of a reas...
Chemotaxonomic methods played an important role in the development of the polyphasic approach to cla...
Prokaryotic systematics is one of the most progressive disciplines that has embraced technological a...
The great diversity of microbial life is the remaining majorreservoir of unknown biologicaldiversity...
© The Author(s), 2015. This is the author's version of the work and is distributed under the terms o...
only possible, approach to documenting prokaryotic diversity. Second, there is a substantial body of...
Since January 1, 2001, the only acceptable nomenclatural type for species under the International Co...
The large efforts to document and map aboveground biodiversity have helped to elucidate ecological a...
Microbial taxonomy should provide adequate descriptions of bacterial, archaeal, and eukaryotic micro...
Contains fulltext : 153384.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access)Microbial tax...
Background For the majority of microbial eukaryotes (protists, algae), there is no clearly superior ...
A survey of the descriptions of novel bacterial species published in the period 1996–2006revealed th...
Background For the majority of microbial eukaryotes (protists, algae), there is no clearly superior ...
Background For the majority of microbial eukaryotes (protists, algae), there is no clearly superior ...
There are fewer than 20,000 prokaryotic species with validly published names, meaning >99% of a reas...
There are fewer than 20,000 prokaryotic species with validly published names, meaning >99% of a reas...
Chemotaxonomic methods played an important role in the development of the polyphasic approach to cla...
Prokaryotic systematics is one of the most progressive disciplines that has embraced technological a...
The great diversity of microbial life is the remaining majorreservoir of unknown biologicaldiversity...
© The Author(s), 2015. This is the author's version of the work and is distributed under the terms o...
only possible, approach to documenting prokaryotic diversity. Second, there is a substantial body of...
Since January 1, 2001, the only acceptable nomenclatural type for species under the International Co...
The large efforts to document and map aboveground biodiversity have helped to elucidate ecological a...
Microbial taxonomy should provide adequate descriptions of bacterial, archaeal, and eukaryotic micro...
Contains fulltext : 153384.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access)Microbial tax...
Background For the majority of microbial eukaryotes (protists, algae), there is no clearly superior ...
A survey of the descriptions of novel bacterial species published in the period 1996–2006revealed th...
Background For the majority of microbial eukaryotes (protists, algae), there is no clearly superior ...
Background For the majority of microbial eukaryotes (protists, algae), there is no clearly superior ...