International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes

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The International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP, International Commission for the systematics of prokaryotes ) (formerly International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology, ICSB, International Commission of Systematic Bacteriology is) an organization within the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS, International Association of the microbiological societies ), which establishes the nomenclature , taxonomy of prokaryotes and the rules by which they are named.

Composition of the ICSP

This commission consists of an executive board , a decision-making committee ( Judicial Commission ) and members elected by the member societies of the IUMS. Specialists in the nomenclature and taxonomy of specific groups of prokaryotes are active in a number of sub-commissions.

Sub-commissions

Sub-commissions currently exist for the following prokaryote groups:
Aeromonadaceae , Vibrionaceae and related organisms; Genera Agrobacterium and Rhizobium ; Bacillus and related organisms; Bifidobacterium , Lactobacillus and related organisms; Brucella ; Burkholderia , Ralstonia and related organisms; Campylobacter and related organisms; Clostridia and Clostridium- like organisms, Comamonadaceae and related organisms; Enterobacteriaceae ; Flavobacterium- and Cytophaga -like bacteria, Gram-negative anaerobic rods; Halobacteriaceae ; Halomonadaceae , Leptospira ; Listeria ; Methanogens ; Micrococcineae; Micromonosporaceae, Streptosporangiaceae and Thermomonosporaceae; Mollicutes ; Mycobacterium , Nocardia and related organisms; Pasteurellaceae ; Photosynthetic prokaryotes; Pseudomonas , Xanthomonas and related organisms; Pseudonocardineae; Staphylococci and streptococci ; Streptomycetaceae

ICSP publications

The ICSP is also responsible for the publication of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (ICNB), International Code of Bacterial Nomenclature ( Bacteriological Code ). This code is freely available online.
Names for prokaryotes accepted as valid by the ICSP are summarized in list form (Approved List of Bacterial Names). This list is also freely available online.
The ICSP also publishes the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (IJSEM, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology ) (former name: International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology (IJSB, International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology )). The communications of the ICSP and its commissions are also published in this journal.

literature

  1. ^ SP Lapage, PH Sneath, VBD Skerman, EF Lessel, HPR Seeliger, WA Clark. International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria, 1990 Revision . ( Bacteriological Code ). ASM Press, Washington, DC 1992, ISBN 155581039X
  2. ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowTOC&rid=icnb.TOC&depth=2 Online version of the Bacteriological Code
  3. ^ VB Skerman, V McGowan, PH Sneath. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Amended edition. ASM Press, Washington, DC, 1989 ISBN 1555810144
  4. ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowTOC&rid=bacname.TOC&depth=2 Online version of the Approved List
  5. ↑ http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/ Website of the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Web links

ICSP website

Informative website on the nomenclature of prokaryotes by JP Euzéby