Prokaryotic taxonomic assignments are shifting to genome-based algorithms. A recent study (Parks et al., 2020) has advanced genome-based taxonomy by constructing reference databases, computing average nucleotide identity and assigning tentative placeholder species names. However, prokaryotic taxonomy should be carefully curated and updated in a timely fashion; this requires coordinated efforts of prokaryotic taxonomists, genomicists, and database curators.

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基于基因组的细菌分类学：最新进展

原核生物分类分配正在转向基于基因组的算法。最近的一项研究（Parks等，2020）通过构建参考数据库，计算平均核苷酸同一性并分配暂定占位符物种名称，对基于基因组的分类法进行了改进。但是，应精心策划和及时更新原核生物分类学；这需要原核生物分类学家，基因组学家和数据库管理者的共同努力。