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. 2023 Nov 21;61(11):e0087323.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.00873-23. Epub 2023 Oct 26.

A conceptual framework for nomenclatural stability and validity of medically important fungi: a proposed global consensus guideline for fungal name changes supported by ABP, ASM, CLSI, ECMM, ESCMID-EFISG, EUCAST-AFST, FDLC, IDSA, ISHAM, MMSA, and MSGERC

Sybren de Hoog  1   2   3   4   5   6 Thomas J Walsh  6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15 Sarah A Ahmed  1   2   6 Ana Alastruey-Izquierdo  6   16   17 Barbara D Alexander  10   18 Maiken Cavling Arendrup  19   20 Esther Babady  10   21 Feng-Yan Bai  22   23   24   25   26   27 Joan-Miquel Balada-Llasat  10   28 Andrew Borman  29 Anuradha Chowdhary  17   30 Andrew Clark  10   31 Robert C Colgrove  32   33 Oliver A Cornely  12   17   34   35 Tanis C Dingle  10   13   36 Philippe J Dufresne  10   13   37 Jeff Fuller  10   38 Jean-Pierre Gangneux  12   39 Connie Gibas  40 Heather Glasgow  10   41 Yvonne Gräser  42 Jacques Guillot  26   43 Andreas H Groll  17   44 Gerhard Haase  45 Kimberly Hanson  10   46 Amanda Harrington  10   47 David L Hawksworth  48   49   50   51   52   53 Randall T Hayden  10   13   41 Martin Hoenigl  11   12   54   55   56 Vit Hubka  57 Kristie Johnson  10   58 Julianne V Kus  10   59   60 Ruoyu Li  3   5   15   17   20   24 Jacques F Meis  1   15   34   35 Michaela Lackner  6   61 Fanny Lanternier  62 Sixto M Leal Jr  10   11   13   63 Francesca Lee  10   31 Shawn R Lockhart  10   64 Paul Luethy  10   58 Isabella Martin  10   65 Kyung J Kwon-Chung  66 Wieland Meyer  9   67 M Hong Nguyen  10   11   14   68 Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner  11   69 Elizabeth Palavecino  10   70 Preeti Pancholi  10   28 Peter G Pappas  11   63 Gary W Procop  10   13   71   72 Scott A Redhead  9   73 Daniel D Rhoads  74   75   76 Stefan Riedel  10   77 Bryan Stevens  10   68 Kaede Ota Sullivan  10   78 Paschalis Vergidis  10   79 Emmanuel Roilides  6   12   17   80 Amir Seyedmousavi  10   17   26   81 Lili Tao  10   82 Vania A Vicente  4 Roxana G Vitale  83   84 Qi-Ming Wang  85 Nancy L Wengenack  10   79 Lars Westblade  10   86 Nathan Wiederhold  10   11   13   14   40 Lewis White  87 Christina M Wojewoda  88 Sean X Zhang  6   10   89
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A conceptual framework for nomenclatural stability and validity of medically important fungi: a proposed global consensus guideline for fungal name changes supported by ABP, ASM, CLSI, ECMM, ESCMID-EFISG, EUCAST-AFST, FDLC, IDSA, ISHAM, MMSA, and MSGERC

Sybren de Hoog et al. J Clin Microbiol. .

Abstract

The rapid pace of name changes of medically important fungi is creating challenges for clinical laboratories and clinicians involved in patient care. We describe two sources of name change which have different drivers, at the species versus the genus level. Some suggestions are made here to reduce the number of name changes. We urge taxonomists to provide diagnostic markers of taxonomic novelties. Given the instability of phylogenetic trees due to variable taxon sampling, we advocate to maintain genera at the largest possible size. Reporting of identified species in complexes or series should where possible comprise both the name of the overarching species and that of the molecular sibling, often cryptic species. Because the use of different names for the same species will be unavoidable for many years to come, an open access online database of the names of all medically important fungi, with proper nomenclatural designation and synonymy, is essential. We further recommend that while taxonomic discovery continues, the adaptation of new name changes by clinical laboratories and clinicians be reviewed routinely by a standing committee for validation and stability over time, with reference to an open access database, wherein reasons for changes are listed in a transparent way.

Keywords: fungi; nomenclature; taxonomy.

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