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Dec 13, 2021 18 tweets 7 min read
The ICSP voted to include the rank "phylum" into the code of bacterial nomenclature, and NCBI taxonomy followed.

Many people voiced anger for this #taxonomygate bc... twitter. Here some thoughts on the matter... (1/n) There were many complains about nomenclature being worthless or irrelevant. As a microbial ecologist, I understand where this comes from, particularly with bioinformatic tools that require only spaceholders as identifiers. As a microbiologist, I think this is short-sighted. (2)
Apr 15, 2021 15 tweets 9 min read
Our paper on microbiota in #lungtransplants was out last week in @NatureComms!
This immense amount of work was a collaboration between @CHUVLausanne and @DMF_UNIL led by the amazing @sudu87 and Eric Bernasconi, about characterization and ecology of #lungmicrobiota 1/14 The preprint was out some time ago, but now you can read the new and improved version here! Sudip and Eric did an amazing work incorporating reviews and restructuring it. 2/14
nature.com/articles/s4146…