Support the Best of Both Worlds

ICSP should relax the rule on depositing each strain to two culture repositories. This is a hinderance as it adds cost with minimal incentive to characterize taxonomically novel strains.

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I support the "Best of Both Worlds".

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A good compromise--one code is plenty! To all you young folks out there brought up in the genomics era, please take this advice: Don't give up on culturing, as no one has ever proven a microbe to be uncultivable. Not yet cultured, yes, there are many examples. But uncultivable? None. You gotta work hard at it. So take to heart the old axiom "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush". Description of a new taxon based on a culture is what we as microbiologists should strive for.

I think the "best of both worlds" approach supports the changing research landscape while also reinforcing the importance of reproducibility at the very foundation of research. With so much microbial diversity and ongoing microbial evolution, this data is paramount for reproducibility and providing a foundation from which conclusions can be drawn. thank you for your consideration.

Important to have physical samples.

I acknowledge the need for recognizing and systematizing non-culturable resp. not-yet cultured species. It is however contra-productive to establish two parallel "Codes of Nomenclature". Instead taxonomists should together arrive at a solution accommodating the new needs inside the existing framework. Therefore I support the petition.

We need deposited strains for the future of microbiology!

We depend on BacDive regularly for work. It's essential for us in driving innovation in the field of agriculture.

This is an essential resource for undergraduate students! Please keep it available.

Thank you for this essential work!

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I fully support the LPSN's position against the change to the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (ICNP).

Incompetence should not be tolerated nor validated, no matter the excuses or rationalizations.

In this era of great amount of data, we need a site with real evidence of what is what it is. Culture is essential

For the future of molecular microbial ecology

I would like to support this petition against the implementation of SeqCode.