{"title":"Potential pitfalls in claiming novel taxa","authors":"Rashidin Abdugheni, Shuang-Jiang Liu","doi":"10.1002/imt2.70036","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Prokaryotic taxonomy based on short 16S rRNA sequences may lead to an overestimation of microbial diversity. In addition, a lack of sufficient coverage of previously reported taxa may lead to repetition or overestimation of novel taxa. In light of a recent study published in iMeta, we have issued a comment to remind microbial taxonomists of the importance of maintaining rigor and precision when delineating microbial species, urging researchers to avoid imprecise approaches.\n <figure>\n <div><picture>\n <source></source></picture><p></p>\n </div>\n </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":73342,"journal":{"name":"iMeta","volume":"4 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":23.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/imt2.70036","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"iMeta","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/imt2.70036","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MICROBIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Prokaryotic taxonomy based on short 16S rRNA sequences may lead to an overestimation of microbial diversity. In addition, a lack of sufficient coverage of previously reported taxa may lead to repetition or overestimation of novel taxa. In light of a recent study published in iMeta, we have issued a comment to remind microbial taxonomists of the importance of maintaining rigor and precision when delineating microbial species, urging researchers to avoid imprecise approaches.
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