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Approved Lists of Bacterial Names edited by V.B.D. SKERMAN,' VICKI McGOWAN,' AND P.H.A. SNEATH' Department of Microbiology, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4067, Australia' and MRC Microbial Systematics Unit, University of Leicester, Leicester LEI England 7RH,' on behalf of The Ad Hoc Committee of the Judicial Commission of the ICSB INTRODUCTION The initial Committee agreed that, as a basis for inquiry, all names which had been At the meeting of the Judicial Commission included in the eighth edition of Bergey's of the ICSB held in Jerusalem on the 29th Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, whether March, 1973 an Ad Hoc Committee was listed as recognised species, synonyms, species appointed (Minute 22) to organize a review of incertae sedis, or under other headings should the currently valid names of bacteria with the be circulated; that all Subcommittees on object of retaining only names for those taxa Taxonomy of the ICSB should be asked for which were adequately described and, if advice on the retention of taxa for which the cultivable, for which there was a Type, Neotype Subcommittees were responsible and that or Reference strain available; to compile these specialists be approached for advice on other names under the title of Approved Lists of taxa - only a small list of taxa remained to be Bacterial Names and to publish the lists in the considered by the Ad Hoc Committee itself. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriolo- Advice was also sought on additional names of gy, to become effective on January 1, 1980. taxa which had been validly published since the This date would then replace May 1, 1753 publication of the Manual. Special provision (International Code of Nomenclature of Bacte- had been made in the Code of Nomenclature ria and Viruses. Rule 10) as the new date for for the inclusion of names validly published determining priorities for names of new taxa. after the 1st January, 1978 (Rule 24a). The members of the Ad Hoc Committee A list of specialists was drawn up and originally appointed to oversee the task were approved by the Ad Hoc Committee. Each S.P. Lapage, H.P.R. Seeliger and V.B.D. specialist was asked to associate two others in Skerman (Chairman). Following his election as reaching a decision on name retention. The President-Elect of IAMS, H.P.R. Seeliger Chairman accepted the responsibility for resigned from the Committee and was replaced coordination of work associated with the by J.G. Holt. P.H.A. Sneath, as Chairman of selection of generic names and specific and the Judicial Commission, was coopted to the subspecific epithets and P.H.A. Sneath for the Committee. This Committee was responsible for names of higher taxa. the editing of the first draft of the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names published in the IJSB Names of Genera, Species and Subspecies: (26, 1976, 563-599). The Ad Hoc Committee was reconstituted The Lists of names of species and by the Judicial Commission during its meetings subspecies were circulated by airmail in April, at the International Congress of the IAMS in 1976 and a draft list of names recommended Munich in September, 1978, with V.B.D. for retention published in the IJSB (26, 1976, Skerman (Chairman), P.H.A. Sneath (newly 563-599) together with the list of those people elected Chairman of the ICSB) and L.G. associated with that stage of the project. Wayne (newly elected Chairman of the Judicial Reference may be made to the draft list for Commission) as Committee members. This details of the procedures adopted in processing Committee was assigned wide powers to the information. complete the work on the Lists and arrange The object of publishing the draft list was publication. to enable microbiologists, in general, to submit 225 226 APPROVED LISTS OF BACTERIAL NAMES INT. J. SYST.BACTERIOL. opinions to the Ad Hoc Committee. Several enabled the inclusion in the Approved Lists of were received. Some of these resulted in names of all new taxa which had been validated modification to lists submitted by Subcommit- by publication in the October, 1979 issue of the tees on Taxonomy and others. IJSB and so has obviated the need to make any Rule 24a of the Code .of Nomenclature further additions to the Approved Lists of provided, inter alia, for the publication with Bacterial Names. each bacterial name the name(s) of the Formal notice of these requirements was author(s) who originally proposed it, a reference circulated, by airmail, to all Subcommittees and to an effectively published description of each specialists on 5th February, 1979 requesting species and its nomenclatural type whenever return of the information by 31st August, 1979. possible, and a Type, Neotype or Reference Meanwhile, the Chairman and his staff strain by its designation. proceeded as far as possible with the To conserve space in publication, it was compilation of the whole of the required agreed that for all references to the 8th edition information, subsequently making use of such of Bergey’s Manual (Buchanan, R.E. and N.E. submissions as were ultimately received from Gibbons (eds). 1974. Bergey’s Manual of others, to verify compilations already made. Determinative Bacteriology, 8th ed. The Computer printouts, in the final format of Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore) be con- assembled information, were distributed by tracted to ‘Bergey 8’. airmail to all participants in July, 1979 for the Although these requirements were formally purpose of verification and for the provision of published in the Code on 1st January, 1976 information which was still missing. little action was taken by those responsible for A final decision to retain or delete some various taxa and in order to assist resolution of names was based on our ability to obtain the the problem, the Chairman and his staff relevant in forma tion. produced a document which listed Collections of Cultures of Microorganisms which held Type, Names of Taxa Above the Rank of Genus: Neotype and Reference strains for those species whose names appeared in the draft list and Compilation of names of higher taxa was subsequent amendments. This list, which will be undertaken by Sneath and his associates. No published elsewhere as a publication of the draft list was published but a proposal was World Data Center for Microorganisms, has discussed at some length in an open meeting at been used as a guide to the deletion of the Munich Congress. The format of the list as numerous names for which no cultures could be submitted was modified to conform with the located. format adopted for the names of the genera and The requirements of Rule 24a together with species. References given in this section of the the list of strains, were discussed at a meeting lists are restricted to those relating to the of the ICSB with Subcommittees on Taxonomy higher taxa. Those to genera will be found in at the Internationai Congress for Microbiology the list of genera and species. in Munich in September, 1978 where the decision was made to list only one designation Designation of Strains: for each strain and preferably that of the American Type Culture Collection, where Strains have been designated by accession available. Because of difficulties associated with numbers of Culture Collections in which they locating references to publications in which have been deposited. Every effort has been Type strains, Neotype strains or Reference made to ensure that the strains are actually strains had been designated, it was agreed that available but no guarantee of this can be given. references would be given only to those Names, which have been omitted, may be publications concerned with the naming of the revived if the location of suitable strains can be taxa and to descriptions of the taxa. ascertained. The Judicial Commission also determined The following is a list of addresses of that publication should be in the January institutions, together with acronyms used to (1980) issue of the IJSB, thus negating the assign accession numbers. requirement of Rule 24a that publication take AMRC FAO-WHO International Refer- place prior to 1st January, 1980. This action ence Centre for Animal Myco- VOL. 30, 1980 APPROVED LISTS OF BACTERIAL NAMES 227 plasmas, Institute for Medical Wageningen, The Netherlands. Microbiology, University of NCDO National Collection of Dairy Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark. Organisms, National Institute for ATCC American Type Culture Collec- Research in Dairying, University tion, Rockville, Maryland 20852, of Reading, England, UK. U.S.A. NClB National Collection of Industrial BKM All-Union Collection of Microor- Bacteria, Torry Research Station, ganisms, Institute of Microbiolo- Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. gy, USSR Academy of Sciences, NCMB National Collection of Marine Moscow, USSR. Bacteria, Torry Research Station, BKMW Culture Collection, Institute of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Microbiology, USSR Academy of NCPPB National Collection of Plant Sciences, Moscow, USSR. Pathogenic Bacteria, Plant Pa- CBS Cen traal bureau voor thology Laboratory, Harpenden, Schimmelcultures, Baarn, The England, UK. Netherlands. NCTC National Collection of Type CCM Czechoslovak Collection of Mi- Cultures, Central Public Health croorganisms, J.E. Purkyne Laboratory, Colindale, London, University, Brno, Czechoslovakia. England, UK. CDC Center for Disease Control, At- NIAID National Institute of Allergy and lanta, Georgia, U.S.A. Infectious Diseases, Hamilton, CIP Collection of the Institute Pas- Montana, U.S.A. teur, Paris, France. NIHJ National Institute of Health, DSM Deutsche Sammlung von Mi- Tokyo, Japan. kroorganismen, Gottingen, NRC National Research Council, Ot- tawa, Canada. Federal Republic of Germany. NRL Neisseria Reference Laboratory, IAM institute of Applied Microbiolo- US Public Health Service Hospi- gy, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, tal, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. Japan. NRRL Northern Utilization Research I FO Institute for Fermentation, Osa- and Development Division, US ka, Japan.

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