International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Chlamydiae. Minutes of the closed meeting, 31 March 2015, New Orleans, USA

As discussed already in previous meetings, new members may join the Subcommittee up to a maximum of 20 members. They should have significant interest in taxonomy. A balance between members from the USA and from other countries should be preserved. Similarly, gender balance is also a criterium to select new members. Ian Clarke (UK), Yvonne Pannekoek (Netherlands) and Mirja Puolakkainen (Finland) have been elected. Some members no longer active in the field or who have retired decided to opt out from the Subcommittee; moreover, members not present at the last five Subcommittee meetings have been dropped out. Thus, Robert Brunham, Gunna Christiansen, Grazia Greco and Matthias Maas left the chlamydial taxonomy subcommittee.