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ArticleCurrent microbiology2026

Notes on the Description of Novel Prokaryotic Taxa.

Wee Fei Aaron Teo, Juan A Mondotte, Jia Liu, Hilal Ay, Marcelo Luiz Lima Brandão, Man Cai, Claudia Etchebehere, Wen-Jun Li, Wasu Pathom-Aree, Tomoo Sawabe and 1 more

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Article in Current microbiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Wee Fei Aaron TeoUniversiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. teoweefeiaaron.cmic@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2006-6918
Juan A MondotteEditorial Office, Current Microbiology, Springer-Nature, Paris, France. juanmondotte@gmail.com.
Jia LiuChongqing Three Gorges University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China. liu.jia1983@hotmail.com.
Hilal AyDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Arts and Science, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8735-4703
Marcelo Luiz Lima BrandãoDepartment of Experimental and Preclinical Development, Instituto de Tecnologia em Imunobiológicos (Bio-Manguinhos), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1121-7312
Man CaiChina General Microbiological Culture Collection Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Claudia EtchebehereDepartamento de Bioquímica y Genómica Microbiana, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Montevideo, Uruguay.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2495-205X
Wen-Jun LiSchool of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4237-6140
Wasu Pathom-AreeDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0299-3731
Tomoo SawabeHokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6013-2369
Taegun SeoDepartment of Life Science, Dongguk University-Seoul, Goyang, South Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9701-2806

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accurate and reproducible descriptions of novel prokaryotic taxa are essential for understanding their evolutionary relationships and ecological roles. This editorial review provides detailed guidelines for standardizing the description of novel taxa, in alignment with the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (ICNP). The recommendations focus on essential requirements for documentation, designation, and nomenclature of prokaryotic taxa. This structured approach supports researchers in producing consistent, well-defined descriptions that meet current standards for valid publication and effective classification of novel prokaryotic taxa.

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