Thines Marco, Crous Pedro W, Aime M Catherine, Aoki Takayuki, Cai Lei, Hyde Kevin D, Miller Andrew N, Zhang Ning, Stadler Marc
Goethe University, Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, D-60483 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
IMA Fungus. 2018 Jun;9(1):177-183. doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2018.09.01.11. Epub 2018 May 28.
The large number of species still to be discovered in fungi, together with an exponentially growing number of environmental sequences that cannot be linked to known taxa, has fuelled the idea that it might be necessary to formally name fungi on the basis of sequence data only. Here we object to this idea due to several shortcomings of the approach, ranging from concerns regarding reproducibility and the violation of general scientific principles to ethical issues. We come to the conclusion that sequence-based nomenclature is potentially harmful for mycology as a discipline. Additionally, a classification based on sequences as types is not within reach anytime soon, because there is a lack of consensus regarding common standards due to the fast pace at which sequencing technologies develop.
真菌中仍有待发现的大量物种，以及数量呈指数级增长且无法与已知分类群相关联的环境序列，促使人们认为可能有必要仅基于序列数据对真菌进行正式命名。在此，我们反对这一观点，因为该方法存在若干缺陷，从对可重复性的担忧、违反一般科学原则到伦理问题。我们得出的结论是，基于序列的命名法对作为一门学科的真菌学可能有害。此外，基于序列作为类型的分类在短期内无法实现，因为由于测序技术发展迅速，在通用标准方面缺乏共识。
