An Update on the Novel Genera and Species and Revised Taxonomic Status of Bacterial Organisms Described in 2016 and 2017.

Recognition and acknowledgment of novel bacterial taxonomy and nomenclature revisions can impact clinical practice, disease epidemiology, and routine clinical microbiology laboratory operations. The () herein presents its biannual report summarizing such changes published in the years 2016 and 2017, as published and added by the Noteworthy discussion centers around descriptions of novel and an anaerobic mycolic acid-producing bacterium in the suborder ; revisions within the , , , and genera; and a major reorganization of the family intends to sustain this series of reports as advancements in molecular genetics, whole-genome sequencing, and studies of the human microbiome continue to produce novel taxa and clearer understandings of bacterial relatedness.