Sutcliffe, IainRodriguez-R, Luis M.Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas)Whitman, William B.2024-04-172024-04-172024-05Sutcliffe, I.C., Rodriguez-R, L.M., Venter, S.N. et al. 2024, 'Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? A call for community participation in the governance of the SeqCode', Systematic and Applied Microbiology, vol. 47, no's. 2-3, art. 126498, pp. 1-4, doi : 10.1016/j.syapm.2024.126498.0723-202010.1016/j.syapm.2024.126498http://hdl.handle.net/2263/95613DATA AVAILABILITY : No data was used for the research described in the article.Codes of nomenclature that provide well-regulated and stable frameworks for the naming of taxa are a fundamental underpinning of biological research. These Codes themselves require systems that govern their administration, interpretation and emendment. Here we review the provisions that have been made for the governance of the recently introduced Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes Described from Sequence Data (SeqCode), which provides a nomenclatural framework for the valid publication of names of Archaea and Bacteria using isolate genome, metagenome-assembled genome or single-amplified genome sequences as type material. The administrative structures supporting the SeqCode are designed to be open and inclusive. Direction is provided by the SeqCode Community, which we encourage those with an interest in prokaryotic systematics to join.en© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier GmbH. This is an open access article under the CC BY license.Prokaryotic nomenclatureSeqCodeSystematicsUncultivated prokaryotesSDG-15: Life on landArticle