A plea for caution before changing bacterial names in databases

I support the use of recommended names for all microorganisms of medical importance, including bacteria, fungi and parasites to avoid unnecessary confusion in diagnosis and management of infectious diseases.

I support the recommendations in this article

Caution before changing bacterial names

I suggest that CoMiCProN adopt a more cautious approach to name changes in public databases (GenBank, ENA, DDBJ), especially for medically important bacteria, using the List of Recommended

Tıbbi öneme sahip bakteriler icin önerilen isimler listesinin dikkate alınmasını istiyorum

Prokaryotlar için isim değişikliği; çok irdelenerek değişiklik ile oluşabilecek etkiler öngörülerek yapılmalıdır.

I support the recommendations in this article to avoid any confusion in the diagnosis and treatment of patients.

Emerging pathogens? No! Just new names. It is helpful and even necessary to wait until the dust has settled for a new name: Agrobacterium tumefaciens became A. radiobacter, which became Rhizobium radiobacter, which became A. tumefaciens again.

All my professional life I had to explain to my clinicians the reason why microbiologists changed the names of pathogens. Shigella and E. coli are an excellent example of this sort of difficulties.

The same for viruses!

I agree with the committee and support their petition. Renaming should only be implemented when truly justified.

I fully support this petition which is important to avoid unnecessary confusion.

As a an ID physician I fully endorse the recommendations in this petition in order not to cause any confusion while managing patients.

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For patients safety and management and better literatur search

I support the petition

As a an ID physician I fully endorse the recommendations in this petition in order not to cause any confusion while managing patients.

I am deeply concerned that changing the nomenclatura of bacterial names will result in endangering patient management

I fully endorse the recommendations presented in this petition. The proposed approach appropriately balances taxonomic accuracy with clinical, regulatory, and practical considerations, and its adoption would significantly reduce confusion and implementation burden across microbiology and medical communities.

This petition is absolutely neccessary as the frequent change in names complicates clinical processes.