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A proposal for further integration of the cyanobacteria under the Bacteriological Code Free

Abstract

This taxonomic note reviews the present status of the nomenclature of the cyanobacteria under the Bacteriological Code. No more than 13 names of cyanobacterial species have been proposed so far in the (IJSEM)/ (IJSB), and of these only five are validly published. The cyanobacteria (Cyanophyta, blue-green algae) are also named under the Botanical Code, and the dual nomenclature system causes considerable confusion. This note calls for a more intense involvement of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP), its Judicial Commission and its Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Photosynthetic Prokaryotes in the nomenclature of the cyanobacteria under the Bacteriological Code. The establishment of minimal standards for the description of new species and genera should be encouraged in a way that will be acceptable to the botanical authorities as well. This should be followed by the publication of an ‘Approved List of Names of Cyanobacteria’ in IJSEM. The ultimate goal is to achieve a consensus nomenclature that is acceptable both to bacteriologists and to botanists, anticipating the future implementation of a universal ‘Biocode’ that would regulate the nomenclature of all organisms living on Earth.

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Keyword(s): ICBN, International Code of Botanical Nomenclature , ICNB, International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria , ICSB, International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology , ICSP, International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes , IJSB, International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology and IJSEM, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
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