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Advancements in prokaryotic systematics and the role of Bergey's International Society for Microbial Systematicsin addressing challenges in the meta-data era

Jiao JY 1 , Abdugheni R 2 , Zhang DF 3 , Ahmed I 4 , Ali M 1 , Chuvochina M 5 Show all authors , Dedysh SN 6 , Dong X 7 , Göker M 8 , Hedlund BP 9 , Hugenholtz P 5 , Jangid K 10 , Liu SJ 7 , Moore ERB 11 , Narsing Rao MP 12 , Oren A 13 , Rossello-Mora R 14 , Rekadwad BN 15 , Salam N 16 , Shu W 17 , Sutcliffe IC 18 , Teo WFA 19 , Trujillo ME 20 , Venter SN 21 , Whitman WB 22 , Zhao G 23 , Li WJ 1

Affiliations 

  • 1 State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
  • 2 State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Key Laboratory of Ecological Safety and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China
  • 3 Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center for Marine Bio-resources Sustainable Utilization & College of Oceanography, Hohai University, Nanjing 210024, China
  • 4 National Culture Collection of Pakistan (NCCP), Land Resources Research Institute (LRRI), National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad 45500, Pakistan
  • 5 The University of Queensland, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, Queensland 4072, Australia
  • 6 Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
  • 7 State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 8 Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig D-38124, Germany
  • 9 School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA
  • 10 Bioenergy Group, MACS Collection of Microorganisms, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune 411004, India
  • 11 Department of Infectious Disease, Institute for Biomedicine, and Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG), Institute for Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg SE-40234, Sweden
  • 12 Instituto de Ciencias Aplicadas, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Talca 3460000, Chile
  • 13 The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Edmond J. Safra Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
  • 14 Marine Microbiology Group, Department of Animal and Microbial Biodiversity, Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA, CSIC-UIB), Esporles 070190, Spain
  • 15 MicrobeAI Lab, Division of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore  575018, India
  • 16 National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Knowledge City, Mohali 140306, India
  • 17 Institute of Ecological Science, School of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
  • 18 Department of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
  • 19 Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
  • 20 Microbiology and Genetics Department, University of Salamanca, Salamanca 37008, Spain
  • 21 Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, and Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
  • 22 Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
  • 23 Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
Natl Sci Rev, 2024 Jul;11(7):nwae168.
PMID: 39071100 DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwae168

Abstract

Prokaryotes are ubiquitous in the biosphere, important for human health and drive diverse biological and environmental processes. Systematics of prokaryotes, whose origins can be traced to the discovery of microorganisms in the 17th century, has transitioned from a phenotype-based classification to a more comprehensive polyphasic taxonomy and eventually to the current genome-based taxonomic approach. This transition aligns with a foundational shift from studies focused on phenotypic traits that have limited comparative value to those using genome sequences. In this context, Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB) and Bergey's International Society for Microbial Systematics (BISMiS) play a pivotal role in guiding prokaryotic systematics. This review focuses on the historical development of prokaryotic systematics with a focus on the roles of BMSAB and BISMiS. We also explore significant contributions and achievements by microbiologists, highlight the latest progress in the field and anticipate challenges and opportunities within prokaryotic systematics. Additionally, we outline five focal points of BISMiS that are aimed at addressing these challenges. In conclusion, our collaborative effort seeks to enhance ongoing advancements in prokaryotic systematics, ensuring its continued relevance and innovative characters in the contemporary landscape of genomics and bioinformatics.

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