The identification and proper naming of microfungi, in particular plant, animal and human pathogens, remains challenging. Molecular identification is becoming the default approach for many fungal groups, and environmental metabarcoding is contributing an increasing amount of sequence data documenting fungal diversity on a global scale. This includes lineages represented only by sequence data. At present, these taxa cannot be formally described under the current nomenclature rules. By considering approaches used in bacterial taxonomy, we propose solutions for the nomenclature of taxa known only from sequences to facilitate consistent reporting and communication in the literature and public sequence repositories. © 2021, This is a U.S. government work and not under copyright protection in the U.S.; foreign copyright protection may apply.
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-021-00888-xAltmetric score:
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Publication year
2021
Authors
Lücking, R.; Aime, M.C.; Robbertse, B.; Miller, A.N.; Aoki, T.; Ariyawansa, H.A.; Cardinali, G.; Crous, P.W.; Druzhinina, I.S.; Geiser, D.M.; Hawksworth, D.L.; Hyde, K.D.; Irinyi, L.; Jeewon, R.; Johnston, P.R.; Kirk, P.M.; Malosso, E.; May, T.W.; Meyer, W.; Nilsson, H.R.; Öpik, M.; Robert, V.; Stadler, M.; Thines, M.; Vu, D.; Yurkov, A.M.; Zhang, N.; Schoch, C.L.
Language
English
Keywords
nomenclature, taxonomy, DNA, microbiology, fungi, genetic resources
