title: What's in a Name? New Bacterial Species and Changes to Taxonomic Status from 2012 through 2015.
abstract: Technological advancements in fields such as molecular genetics and the human microbiome have resulted in an unprecedented recognition of new bacterial genus/species designations by the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Knowledge of designations involving clinically significant bacterial species would benefit clinical microbiologists in the context of emerging pathogens, performance of accurate organism identification, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. In anticipation of subsequent taxonomic changes being compiled by the Journal of Clinical Microbiology on a biannual basis, this compendium summarizes novel species and taxonomic revisions specific to bacteria derived from human clinical specimens from the calendar years 2012 through 2015.
authors: College of Health Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
authors: Erik
authors: E
authors: Munson
authors: Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA kcarrol7@jhmi.edu.
authors: Karen C
authors: KC
authors: Carroll
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D002965:Classification / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009626:Terminology as Topic
keywords: Gram-negative bacteria; Gram-positive bacteria; anaerobes; bacteria; taxonomy