Open AccessSummary of Novel Bacterial Isolates Derived from Human Clinical Specimens and Nomenclature Revisions Published in 2018 and 2019
Author(s) -
Erik Munson,
Karen C. Carroll
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01309-20
Subject(s) - nomenclature , clinical microbiology , biology , taxonomy (biology) , taxon , bacterial taxonomy , human disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , taxonomic rank , propionibacterium , microbiology and biotechnology , disease , zoology , medicine , bacteria , pathology , ecology , genetics , 16s ribosomal rna , gene
Knowledge of novel prokaryotic taxon discovery and nomenclature revisions is of importance to clinical microbiology laboratory practice, infectious disease epidemiology, and studies of microbial pathogenesis. Relative to bacterial isolates derived from human clinical specimens, we present an in-depth summary of novel taxonomic designations and revisions to prokaryotic taxonomy that were published in 2018 and 2019. Included are several changes pertinent to former designations of or within Propionibacterium spp., Corynebacterium spp., Clostridium spp., Mycoplasma spp., Methylobacterium spp., and Enterobacteriaceae Future efforts to ascertain clinical relevance for many of these changes may be augmented by a document development committee that has been appointed by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute.