Jonathan EisenWell, if you use or work on microbial taxonomy, some changes coming::
https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2022/11/14/prokaryotic-phylum-name-changes/
Mostly this does not change much other than "ota" izing a lot of them. But one really really big change - Proteobacteria being deleted and replaced by Pseudomonadota and Campylobacterota and Myxococcota. I think that is probably good ... but this will also create some mess ...
Prokaryotic phylum name changes coming soon! - NCBI Insights
Beginning in the first week of January 2023, NCBI Taxonomy will initiate changes to prokaryote phylum names in accordance with the recent inclusion of rank ‘phylum’ in the International Code of Nomenclature for Prokaryotes (ICNP). We first announced this update that involves changes to 42 NCBI taxa about a year ago. We will change several names … Continue reading Prokaryotic phylum name changes coming soon! →
Peter Cock