The members of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP) have recently voted on a proposed revision of its statutes. We here present the outcome of the vote and the text of the revised statutes, as approved by the ICSP.
The International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes serves to administer the rules of prokaryotic nomenclature via the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes, ensures the publication of the International Journal of Sys-tematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, and works to represent the interests of the microbiological disciplines regarding prokaryotic nomenclature. The functions and mechanisms of...