ICSP response to ‘Science depends on nomenclature, but nomenclature is not science’

Iain C. Sutcliffe*, David R. Arahal, Markus Göker, Aharon Oren

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    Abstract

    The Executive Board of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP) read with much interest the recent comment by Lloyd and Tahon (Science depends on nomenclature, but nomenclature is not science. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 20, 123–124 (2022))1. The authors raise various criticisms of recent ICSP activities to which we respond here.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)249-250
    Number of pages2
    JournalNature Reviews Microbiology
    Volume20
    Issue number4
    Early online date18 Feb 2022
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2022

    Keywords

    • Archaea
    • bacteria

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