Workflow of the Ad Hoc Committee on Mitigating Changes in Prokaryotic Nomenclature for compiling a list of recommended names

This is the workflow for compiling a list of recommended names for bacteria of medical importance. It is ratified and issued by the Ad Hoc Committee on Mitigating Changes in Prokaryotic Nomenclature (CoMiCProN). The document also contains definitions of terms of interest.

Mission Statement. CoMiCProN is a subcommittee of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP) and pursues its objectives in accordance with the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (ICNP). For example, to mitigate bacterial name changes, it is important to inform agencies, databases, journal authors, reviewers and editors that most bacterial name changes are not mandatory under the ICNP, although they may be perceived as such. CoMiCProN aims to recognise both the need for taxonomic classification to reflect empirical data and the need to reduce name changes as much as possible. Another goal is to provide specific recommendations for naming in accordance with these principles.

Availability. The List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance has been published and is available from LPSN.