Minutes of the inaugural 25 October 2022 meeting of International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP) Subcommittees on Taxonomy representatives: Challenges, trends, and perspectives for microbial taxonomists

Abstract

A special online meeting to discuss contemporaneous issues facing ICSP Subcommittees on Taxonomy was convened for Chairs and/or Secretaries of these groups by the current Secretary for Subcommittees, S.L.W. On. In attendance were representatives from 13 of the 16 Subcommittees currently active: namely those covering aerobic Bacteroidota (J. Bowman), Aeromonadaceae, Vibrionaceae and related organisms (F. Thompson), Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms (P. Mattarelli), Campylobacter and related bacteria (S.L.W. On), Chlamydiae (N. Borel), Halobacteria (A. Oren), Halomonadaceae (D.R. Arahal), Methanogenic Archaea (O.P. Sharma), Micrococcinaceae (K.-I. Suzuki), Myxococcota (R.L. Hahnke, R. Garcia), Pasteurellaceae (H. Christensen), Phototrophic bacteria (A. Wilmotte), Rhizobia and Agrobacteria (J.P.W. Young). The Chair of the ICSP, I.C. Sutcliffe, was also in attendance. The meeting was convened at 8 pm (NZT) on 25 October 2022.