Secretary for Subcommittees
Prof. Stephen On, Lincoln University, Agriculture & Life Sciences Faculty, Lincoln, New Zealand
Active Subcommittees of the ICSP
Aerobic Bacteroidetes [formerly Flavobacterium- and Cytophaga-like Bacteria]
Chair: Jean-François Bernardet
Contact: (contact info to be added)
Meeting report: 30 July 2014, Montreal, Canada
Aeromonadaceae, Vibrionaceae and Related Organisms
Chair: Fabiano Thompson
Contact: (contact info to be added)
Meeting report: 13 November 2017, Chicago, USA
Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and Related Organisms
Chair: Charles Franz
Contact: (contact info to be added)
Meeting report: 20 June 2019 Prague, Czech Republic
Campylobacter and Related Bacteria
Chair:S. L. W. On
Contact: (contact info to be added)
Meeting report: 2 September 2009, Niigata, Japan
Meeting report: 21 August and 10 September, 2019, via Videoconference
Chlamydiae
Chair: Gilbert Greub
Contact: (contact info to be added)
Meeting report: 20 March 2019, Seatle, WA, USA
Meeting report: 10 September 2020, via Zoom Videoconference
Gram-negative Anaerobic Rods
Chair: Saheer E. Gharbia
Contact: (contact info to be added)
Meeting report: 1 – 2 February 2011, Colindale, London, UK
Halobacteriaceae
Chair: Antonio Ventosa
Contact: (contact info to be added)
Meeting report: 26 June 2019, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Halomonadaceae
Chair: Antonio Ventosa
Contact: (contact info to be added)
Meeting report: 23 May 2016, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Leptospiraceae
Chair: Lee Smythe
Contact: (contact info to be added)
Meeting report: 28 November 2017, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Methanoarchaea
Chair: Om Prakash Sharma
Contact: (contact info to be added)
Micrococcineae Suborder
Chair: Ken-ichiro Suzuki
Contact: (contact info to be added)
Meeting report: 9 September 2011, Sapporo, Japan
Mollicutes
Chair: Vicki Chalker
Contact: (contact info to be added)
Meeting report: 8 July 2018, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
Note on Mollicute nomenclature
Pasteurellaceae
Chair: Henrik Christensen
Contact: (contact info to be added)
Meeting report: 9 October 2018, Prato, Italy
Phototrophic Bacteria
Chair: Johannes F. Imhoff
Contact: (contact info to be added)
Meeting report: 10 – 30 June, Online meeting
Pseudonocarineae Suborder
Chair: Michael Goodfellow
Contact: (contact info to be added)
Rhizobia and Agrobacteria
Chair: Peter Young
Contact: (contact info to be added)
Meeting report: 17 July 2019, video conference
Meeting Report: 06 July 2020, video conference
Prior Subcommittees
Notice of dissolution of inactive subcommittees (
Parties interested in reconstituting any subcommittees should contact the Secretary of the Taxonomic Subcommittees, Dr Stephen On (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Data of members are stored by the ICSP with regard to EU GDPR regulations. Requests to redact or remove information should be sent to the ICSP Website Manager, Edward Moore: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.