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dc.contributor.authorYurkov, Andrey
dc.contributor.authorAlves, Artur
dc.contributor.authorBai, Feng-Yan
dc.contributor.authorBoundy-Mills, Kyria
dc.contributor.authorBuzzini, Pietro
dc.contributor.authorČadež, Neža
dc.contributor.authorCardinali, Gianluigi
dc.contributor.authorCasaregola, Serge
dc.contributor.authorChaturvedi, Vishnu
dc.contributor.authorCollin, Valérie
dc.contributor.authorFell, Jack W
dc.contributor.authorGirard, Victoria
dc.contributor.authorGroenewald, Marizeth
dc.contributor.authorHagen, Ferry
dc.contributor.authorHittinger, Chris Todd
dc.contributor.authorKachalkin, Aleksey V
dc.contributor.authorKostrzewa, Markus
dc.contributor.authorKouvelis, Vassili
dc.contributor.authorLibkind, Diego
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Xinzhan
dc.contributor.authorMaier, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorMeyer, Wieland
dc.contributor.authorPéter, Gábor
dc.contributor.authorPiątek, Marcin
dc.contributor.authorRobert, Vincent
dc.contributor.authorRosa, Carlos A
dc.contributor.authorSampaio, Jose Paulo
dc.contributor.authorSipiczki, Matthias
dc.contributor.authorStadler, Marc
dc.contributor.authorSugita, Takashi
dc.contributor.authorSugiyama, Junta
dc.contributor.authorTakagi, Hiroshi
dc.contributor.authorTakashima, Masako
dc.contributor.authorTurchetti, Benedetta
dc.contributor.authorWang, Qi-Ming
dc.contributor.authorBoekhout, Teun
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-09T14:20:09Z
dc.date.available2021-09-09T14:20:09Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-13
dc.identifier.citation. IMA Fungus. 2021 Jul 13;12(1):18. doi: 10.1186/s43008-021-00067-x.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2210-6340
dc.identifier.pmid34256869
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s43008-021-00067-x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10033/623022
dc.description.abstractThe unambiguous application of fungal names is important to communicate scientific findings. Names are critical for (clinical) diagnostics, legal compliance, and regulatory controls, such as biosafety, food security, quarantine regulations, and industrial applications. Consequently, the stability of the taxonomic system and the traceability of nomenclatural changes is crucial for a broad range of users and taxonomists. The unambiguous application of names is assured by the preservation of nomenclatural history and the physical organisms representing a name. Fungi are extremely diverse in terms of ecology, lifestyle, and methods of study. Predominantly unicellular fungi known as yeasts are usually investigated as living cultures. Methods to characterize yeasts include physiological (growth) tests and experiments to induce a sexual morph; both methods require viable cultures. Thus, the preservation and availability of viable reference cultures are important, and cultures representing reference material are cited in species descriptions. Historical surveys revealed drawbacks and inconsistencies between past practices and modern requirements as stated in the International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants (ICNafp). Improper typification of yeasts is a common problem, resulting in a large number invalid yeast species names. With this opinion letter, we address the problem that culturable microorganisms, notably some fungi and algae, require specific provisions under the ICNafp. We use yeasts as a prominent example of fungi known from cultures. But viable type material is important not only for yeasts, but also for other cultivable Fungi that are characterized by particular morphological structures (a specific type of spores), growth properties, and secondary metabolites. We summarize potential proposals which, in our opinion, will improve the stability of fungal names, in particular by protecting those names for which the reference material can be traced back to the original isolate.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBMCen_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectCulture collectionen_US
dc.subjectMetabolically inactiveen_US
dc.subjectNomenclatural typeen_US
dc.subjectTypificationen_US
dc.subjectViable strainsen_US
dc.titleNomenclatural issues concerning cultured yeasts and other fungi: why it is important to avoid unneeded name changes.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.departmentHZI,Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH, Inhoffenstr. 7,38124 Braunschweig, Germany.en_US
dc.identifier.journalIMA fungusen_US
dc.source.volume12
dc.source.issue1
dc.source.beginpage18
dc.source.endpage
refterms.dateFOA2021-09-09T14:20:09Z
dc.source.journaltitleIMA fungus
dc.source.countryEngland


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