This Genome Watch highlights the recent developments of prokaryotic nomenclature leading to the coexistence of two parallel prokaryotic nomenclatural codes.
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Wu, D., Ivanova, N. A tale of two codes. Nat Rev Microbiol 21, 486 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-023-00921-2
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