International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes

International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP)

The Role of the ICSP, by H. G. Trüper and B. J. Tindall.

The ICSP, formerly the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology (ICSB), is the body that oversees the nomenclature of prokaryotes, determines the rules by which prokaryotes are named and whose Judicial Commission issues Opinions concerning taxonomic matters, revisions to the Bacteriological Code, etc.

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Last modified 16 January 2013

Taxonomic subcommittees

Some subcommittees have home pages listing their current membership (together with information on meetings, minutes, minimal standards papers and other subcommittee activities) and lists of taxa covered.

Aeromonadaceae, Vibrionaceae and related organisms	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered
Genera Agrobacterium and Rhizobium	Independent web page
Bacillus and related organisms	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered
Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered
Genus Brucella	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered
Burkholderia, Ralstonia and related organisms	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered
Campylobacter and related bacteria	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered
Clostridia and Clostridium-like organisms	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered
Comamonadaceae and related organisms	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered
Family Enterobacteriaceae	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered
Flavobacterium- and Cytophaga-like bacteria	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered
Gram-negative anaerobic rods	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered
Family Halobacteriaceae	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered
Family Halomonadaceae	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered
Genus Leptospira	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered
Genus Listeria	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered
Methanogens	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered
Suborder Micrococcineae	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered
Families Micromonosporaceae, Streptosporangiaceae and Thermomonosporaceae	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered
Class Mollicutes	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered
Genus Mycobacterium	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered
Nocardia and related organisms	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered
Family Pasteurellaceae	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered
Photosynthetic prokaryotes	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered
Pseudomonas, Xanthomonas and related organisms	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered
Suborder Pseudonocardineae	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered
Staphylococci and streptococci	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered
Family Streptomycetaceae	Subcommittee home page	Taxa covered

Publications

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (Bacteriological Code)
Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (17.4 MB)

Officers of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP) and of its Judicial Commission – 2008 to 2011

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