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Volume 75, Issue 1

Preparing the 2025 revision of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes Open Access

Abstract

The editorial Board of the (ICNP) – the Prokaryotic Code – has compiled already ratified proposed emendations of the ICNP, together with additional editorial changes and clarifications. These were implemented in a draft 2025 revision of the . To comply with Articles 13(b)(4) and 4(d) of the statutes of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP), a public discussion of the document will start on 1 January (or later if required) 2025, to last for 6 months. Here, we present the basis for the revision and the procedure for the discussion. The discussion will be followed by the balloting of the ICSP members.

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Keyword(s): International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes , International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes and the Prokaryotic Code
© 2025 The Authors
  • This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. This article was made open access via a Publish and Read agreement between the Microbiology Society and the corresponding author’s institution.
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Preparing the 2025 revision of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes
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