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January 1, 2023
NamesforLife Services Decommissioned
Berkeley, California January 1, 2023
The public-facing NamesforLife services, including the NamesforLife Guide and NamesforLife Scribe, will be gradually decommissioned during the next 18 months. The NamesforLife Abstracts will continue to be available via the CLOCKSS organization, but will no longer be updated.
December 24, 2020
December 2020 release (20201224) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
Release 20201224 contains 295,784 records including 14,747 assemblies that were verified as sourced from 10,953 type strains with validly published names; 6,302 type strains were represented by two or more genome assemblies.
During 2020, there were a total of 7,388 changes in prokaryotic taxonomy and nomenclature as compared to Release 20191204 including; 1,559 novel taxa, 24 replacement names, 15 rank elevations, 33 rank reductions, 750 new combinations, 3 correction, 2 neotypes, 4,179 transfers of taxa and 822 changes in the preferred names appearing in the NamesforLife condensed taxonomy.
July 3, 2020
July 2020 release (20200703) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
During the first six months of 2020, there were a total of 5,035 changes in prokaryotic taxonomy and nomenclature as compared to Release 20191204 including; 1,014 novel taxa, 23 replacement names, 7 rank elevations, 26 rank reductions, 462 new combinations, 1 correction, one neotype, 3,100 transfers of taxa and 518 changes in the preferred names appearing in the NamesforLife condensed taxonomy.
Release 20200703 contains 255,886 records including 13,320 assemblies that were verified as sourced from 10,040 type strains with validly published names; 2,284 type strains were represented by two or more genome assemblies.
November 5, 2019
November 2019 release (20191105) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
The November release of the NamesforLife taxonomy contains an updated 16S rRNA data set that includes 16,414 sequences of validly published species and subspecies of Bacteria and Archaea, including new species, new combinations and corrections to nomenclature. Also, 11,060 genome assemblies have been linked to 8,747 of the type strains.
There were a total of 132 changes as compared to Release 20190930, including 92 novel taxa, no replacement names, no rank elevations, no rank reductions, 20 new combinations, no corrections, no neotypes/proxy types, no transfers of taxa, 20 deprecated names.
September 30, 2019
September 2019 release (20190930) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
The September release of the NamesforLife taxonomy contains an updated 16S rRNA data set that includes 16,335 sequences of validly published species and subspecies of Bacteria and Archaea, including new species, new combinations and corrections to nomenclature. Also, 10,877 genome assemblies have been linked to 8,617 of the type strains.
There were a total of 126 changes as compared to Release 20190828, including 94 novel taxa, no replacement names, 1 rank elevation, no rank reductions, 13 new combinations, no corrections, no neotypes/proxy types, 4 transfers of taxa, 14 deprecated names.
August 28, 2019
August 2019 release (20190828) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
The August release of the NamesforLife taxonomy contains an updated 16S rRNA data set that includes 16,260 sequences of validly published species and subspecies of Bacteria and Archaea, including new species, new combinations and corrections to nomenclature. Also, 10,562 genome assemblies have been linked to 8,412 of the type strains.
There were a total of 91 changes as compared to Release 20190727, including 58 novel taxa, 1 replacement name, no rank elevations, no rank reductions, 14 new combinations, 2 corrections, no neotypes/proxy types, 1 transfer of a taxon, 15 deprecated names.
July 27, 2019
July 2019 release (20190727) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
The July release of the NamesforLife taxonomy contains an updated 16S rRNA data set that includes 16,214 sequences of validly published species and subspecies of Bacteria and Archaea, including new species, new combinations and corrections to nomenclature. Also, 10,560 genome assemblies have been linked to 8,409 of the type strains.
There were a total of 154 changes as compared to Release 20190614, including 119 novel taxa, 1 replacement name, 5 rank elevations, 2 rank reductions, 8 new combinations, no corrections, no neotypes/proxy types, 3 transfers of taxa, 16 deprecated names.
June 14, 2019
June 2019 release (20190614) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
The June release of the NamesforLife taxonomy contains an updated 16S rRNA data set that includes 16,120 sequences of validly published species and subspecies of Bacteria and Archaea, including new species, new combinations and corrections to nomenclature. Also, 10,334 genome assemblies have been linked to 8,264 of the type strains.
There were a total of 83 changes as compared to Release 20190521, including 59 novel taxa, 2 replacement names, 2 rank elevations, no rank reductions, 3 new combinations, no corrections, 1 neotype/proxy type, 9 transfers of taxa, 7 deprecated names.
May 1, 2019
May 2019 release (20190501) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
The May release of the NamesforLife taxonomy contains an updated 16S rRNA data set that includes 16,026 sequences of validly published species and subspecies of Bacteria and Archaea, including new species, new combinations and corrections to nomenclature. Also, 9,448 genome assemblies have been linked to 7,656 of the type strains.
There were a total of 166 changes as compared to Release 20190402, including 82 novel taxa, 2 replacement names, no rank elevations, no rank reductions, 4 new combinations, no corrections, no neotypes/proxy types, 72 transfers of taxa, 6 deprecated names.
April 2, 2019
April 2019 release (20190402) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
The April release of the NamesforLife taxonomy contains an updated 16S rRNA data set that includes 15,964 sequences of validly published species and subspecies of Bacteria and Archaea, including new species, new combinations and corrections to nomenclature. Also, 9,227 genome assemblies have been linked to 7,498 of the type strains. This release serves as the official release for both March and April 2019 due to a delay in the publication of IJSEM.
There were a total of 183 changes as compared to Release 20190226, including 111 novel taxa, no replacement names, no rank elevations, 1 rank reduction, 17 new combinations, no corrections, no neotypes/proxy types, 36 transfers of taxa, 18 deprecated names.
February 26, 2019
February 2019 release (20190226) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
The February release of the NamesforLife taxonomy contains an updated 16S rRNA data set that includes 15,878 sequences of validly published species and subspecies of Bacteria and Archaea, including new species, new combinations and corrections to nomenclature. Also, 9,009 genome assemblies have been linked to 7,301 of the type strains. Note that the genome counts are lower this month due to the deprecation of some assemblies produced by surveillance projects.
There were a total of 57 changes as compared to Release 20190130, including 49 novel taxa, no replacement names, 1 rank elevation, 1 rank reduction, 2 new combinations, no corrections, no neotypes/proxy types, no transfers of taxa, 4 deprecated names.
January 30, 2019
January 2019 release (20190130) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
The January release of the NamesforLife taxonomy contains an updated 16S rRNA data set that includes 15,836 sequences of validly published species and subspecies of Bacteria and Archaea, including new species, new combinations and corrections to nomenclature. Also, 9,049 genome assemblies have been linked to 7,401 of the type strains.
There were a total of 66 changes as compared to Release 20181229, including 56 novel taxa, 1 replacement name, no rank elevations, no rank reductions, no new combinations, no corrections, 1 neotype/proxy type, 7 transfers of taxa, 1 deprecated name.
January 30, 2019
January 2019 release (20190130) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
The January release of the NamesforLife taxonomy contains an updated 16S rRNA data set that includes 15,836 sequences of validly published species and subspecies of Bacteria and Archaea, including new species, new combinations and corrections to nomenclature. Also, 9,049 genome assemblies have been linked to 7,401 of the type strains.
There were a total of 66 changes as compared to Release 20181229, including 56 novel taxa, 1 replacement name, no rank elevations, no rank reductions, no new combinations, no corrections, 1 neotype/proxy type, 7 transfers of taxa, 1 deprecated name.
December 29, 2018
December 2018 release (20181229) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
The December release of the NamesforLife taxonomy contains an updated 16S rRNA data set that includes 15,794 sequences of validly published species and subspecies of Bacteria and Archaea, including new species, new combinations and corrections to nomenclature. Also, 8,862 genome assemblies have been linked to 7,281 of the type strains.
There were a total of 75 changes as compared to Release 20181127, including 69 novel taxa, no replacement names, no rank elevations, 1 rank reduction, 1 new combination, no corrections, no neotypes/proxy types, 2 transfers of taxa, 2 deprecated names.
November 27, 2018
November 2018 release (20181127) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
The November release of the NamesforLife taxonomy contains an updated 16S rRNA data set that includes 15,737 sequences of validly published species and subspecies of Bacteria and Archaea, including new species, new combinations and corrections to nomenclature. Also, 8,802 genome assemblies have been linked to 7,240 of the type strains.
There were a total of 188 changes as compared to Release 20181030, including 105 novel taxa, no replacement names, no rank elevations, 1 rank reduction, 28 new combinations, no corrections, no neotypes/proxy types, 25 transfers of taxa, 29 deprecated names.
October 30, 2018
October 2018 release (20181030) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
The October release of the NamesforLife taxonomy contains an updated 16S rRNA data set that includes 15,657 sequences of validly published species and subspecies of Bacteria and Archaea, including new species, new combinations and corrections to nomenclature. Also, 8,633 genome assemblies have been linked to 7,104 of the type strains.
There were a total of 88 changes as compared to Release 20180928, including 54 novel taxa, no replacement names, 7 rank elevations, 1 rank reduction, 1 new combination, no corrections, no neotypes/proxy types, 16 transfers of taxa, 9 deprecated names.
September 28, 2018
September 2018 release (20180928) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
The September release of the NamesforLife taxonomy contains an updated 16S rRNA data set that includes 15,609 sequences of validly published species and subspecies of Bacteria and Archaea, including new species, new combinations and corrections to nomenclature. Also, 8,579 genome assemblies have been linked to 7,067 of the type strains.
There were a total of 877 changes as compared to Release 20180823, including 177 novel taxa, 6 replacement names, 4 rank elevations, 18 rank reductions, 242 new combinations, no corrections, 1 neotype/proxy type, 159 transfers of taxa, 270 deprecated names.
August 23, 2018
August 2018 release (20180823) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
The August release of the NamesforLife taxonomy contains an updated 16S rRNA data set that includes 15,500 sequences of validly published species and subspecies of Bacteria and Archaea, including new species, new combinations and corrections to nomenclature. Also, 8,473 genome assemblies have been linked to 6,987 of the type strains.
There were a total of 83 changes as compared to Release 20180717, including 47 novel taxa, no replacement names, 13 rank elevations, no rank reductions, 5 new combinations, no corrections, no neotypes/proxy types, no transfers of taxa, 18 deprecated names.
July 17, 2018
July 2018 release (20180717) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
The July release of the NamesforLife taxonomy contains an updated 16S rRNA data set that includes 15,461 sequences of validly published species and subspecies of Bacteria and Archaea, including new species, new combinations and corrections to nomenclature. Also, 8,179 genome assemblies have been linked to 6,827 of the type strains.
There were a total of 153 changes as compared to Release 20180612, including 76 novel taxa, no replacement names, no rank elevations, 1 rank reduction, 36 new combinations, no corrections, 1 neotype/proxy type, 2 transfers of taxa, 37 deprecated names.
June 12, 2018
June 2018 release (20180612) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
The June release of the NamesforLife taxonomy contains an updated 16S rRNA data set that includes 15,406 sequences of validly published species and subspecies of Bacteria and Archaea, including new species, new combinations and corrections to nomenclature. Also, 8,024 genome assemblies have been linked to 6,713 of the type strains.
There were a total of 60 changes as compared to Release 20180517, including 51 novel taxa, 1 new combination, no replacements, no elevations in rank, 2 reductions in rank, no neotype/proxy types recognized, no corrections and 3 transfers of subspecies, species or genera to alternative higher taxa and 3 deprecated DOIs.
May 23, 2018
Updates to the NamesforLife Abstracts
You may have noticed some changes to the NamesforLife Abstracts. We have updated the look and feel of the abstracts to match the style of our main web site.
Additionally, the NamesforLife DOIs (prefix 10.1601) now resolve to www.namesforlife.com instead of doi.namesforlife.com. There may have been up to 48 hours of availability issues while we updated CrossRef with the new resolution and completed the deployment of this update.
As always, if you encounter any issues with the Abstracts or any other service we provide, please contact us at support@namesforlife.com.
May 17, 2018
May 2018 release (20180517) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
The May release of the NamesforLife taxonomy contains an updated 16S rRNA data set that includes 15,363 sequences of validly published species and subspecies of Bacteria and Archaea, including new species, new combinations and corrections to nomenclature. Also, 7,861 genome assemblies have been linked to 6,588 of the type strains.
There were a total of 142 changes as compared to Release 20180421, including 107 new taxa, 4 new combinations, no replacements, no elevations in rank, no reductions in rank, 10 neotype/proxy types recognized, no corrections and 21 transfers of subspecies, species or genera to alternative higher taxa and no deprecated DOIs.
May 1, 2018
Privacy Policy Updated
At NamesforLife, we take your privacy seriously and want you to know what to expect when you access our websites and the web-based applications (“APIs”) which are hosted by us. Our new privacy policy applies to the NamesforLife website, other websites owned and controlled by us, and to our APIs (collectively, the “Sites”). The purpose of the Privacy Policy is to explain how we use any personal information about you and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our Sites.
Read the full text of the new policy.
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, or if you would like to review, delete or update information we have about you or your preferences, please contact us at support@namesforlife.com.
April 21, 2018
April 2018 release (20180421) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
The April release of the NamesforLife taxonomy contains an updated 16S rRNA data set that includes 15,116 sequences of validly published species and subspecies of Bacteria and Archaea, including new species, new combinations and corrections to nomenclature. Also, 7,705 genome assemblies have been linked to 6,456 of the type strains.
There were a total of 191 changes as compared to Release 20180314, including 73 new taxa, 19 new combinations, no replacements, no elevations in rank, 1 reduction in rank, 0 neotype/proxy types recognized, 32 corrections and 35 transfers of subspecies, species or genera to alternative higher taxa and 59 deprecated DOIs.
March 14, 2018
March 2018 release (20180314) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
The March release of the NamesforLife taxonomy contains an updated 16S rRNA data set that includes 15,053 sequences of validly published species and subspecies of Bacteria and Archaea, including new species, new combinations and corrections to nomenclature. Also, 7,529 genome assemblies have been linked to 6,329 of the type strains.
There were a total of 385 changes as compared to Release 20180216, including 92 new taxa, 117 new combinations, no replacements, no elevations in rank, 3 reductions in rank, 6 neotype/proxy types recognized, no corrections and 110 transfers of subspecies, species or genera to alternative higher taxa and 57 deprecated DOIs.
February 16, 2018
February 2018 release (20180216) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
The February release of the NamesforLife taxonomy contains an updated 16S rRNA data set that includes 14,954 sequences of validly published species and subspecies of Bacteria and Archaea, including new species, new combinations and corrections to nomenclature. Also, 7,333 genome assemblies have been linked to 6,206 of the type strains.
There were a total of 172 changes as compared to Release 20180113, including 38 new taxa, 1 new combination, 1 replacement, no elevations in rank, 4 reductions in rank, no neotypes recognized, no corrections and 127 transfers of subspecies, species or genera to alternative higher taxa.
January 13, 2018
January 2018 release (20180113) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
The January release of the NamesforLife taxonomy contains an updated 16S rRNA data set that includes 14,956 sequences of validly published species and subspecies of Bacteria and Archaea, including new species, new combinations and corrections to nomenclature. Also, 7,101 genome assemblies have been linked to 6,028 of the type strains.
There were a total of 1,070 changes as compared to Release 20171217, including 99 new taxa, 1 new combination, no replacements, five elevations in rank, no reductions in rank, no neotypes recognized, no corrections and 965 transfers subspecies, species or genera to from the Cytophagacaea to the Flavobacteriacea.
December 17, 2017
December 2017 release (20171217) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
The December release of the NamesforLife taxonomy contains an updated 16S rRNA data set that includes 14,878 sequences of validly published species and subspecies of Bacteria and Archaea, including new species, new combinations and corrections to nomenclature arising primarily from the placement of a small number of species/subspecies in enumerated unnamed intermediate taxa. Also, 6,982 genome assemblies have been linked to 5,941 of the type strains.
We now include a changelog of taxonomic changes from the previous release.
There were a total of 266 changes to the as compared to Release 20171113, including 164 new taxa, 5 new combinations, two replacements, five elevations in rank, four reductions in rank, two neotypes recognized, 1 correction and 63 transfers subspecies, species or genera to new parent taxa.
November 13, 2017
November 2017 release (20171113) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
The November release of the NamesforLife taxonomy contains an updated 16S rRNA data set that includes 14,726 sequences of validly published species and subspecies of Bacteria and Archaea, including new species, new combinations and corrections to nomenclature arising primarily from the placement of a small number of species/subspecies in enumerated unnamed intermediate taxa. Also, 6,773 genome assemblies have been linked to 5,740 of the type strains.
This month, we have introduced a new strain-to-genome resolution method that performs nightly data integration with the NamesforLife prokaryotic database and NCBI genome assemblies.
October 30, 2017
October 2017 release (20171014) of the NamesforLife taxonomy is now available for subscribers
The October release of the NamesforLife taxonomy contains an updated 16S rRNA data set that includes 14,611 sequences of validly published species and subspecies of Bacteria and Archaea, including new species, new combinations and corrections to nomenclature. Also, 6,693 genome assemblies have been linked to 5,672 of the type strains.
September 21, 2017
Prokaryotic Nomenclature Search
Back by popular demand, we have re-implemented our Prokaryotic Nomenclature Search. We plan to make some additional improvements to the search, so if you have any feature suggestions or encounter any issues, please contact our support team.
September 13, 2017
NamesforLife web site re-designed
As you may have noticed, we have re-designed our web site. We will be making a few minor changes here and there over the next month or so as we refresh our content. Our services have been merged into a single platform, so please update your bookmarks if needed and feel free to contact us if you have any trouble finding things.
June 1, 2015
Compatibility issue with N4L::Guide Firefox Add-on and Firefox 38.0
There is a known compatibility issue with the N4L::Guide Firefox Add-on that affects the bookmarks toolbar and other features in Firefox 38.0. We are working to address this issue and will deploy a fix as soon as possible.