Da Silva, ManuelaDesmeth, PhilippeVenter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas)Shouche, YogeshYurkov, Andrey2023-01-272023-02Da Silva, M., Desmeth, P., Venter, S.N. et al. 2023, 'How legislations affect new taxonomic descriptions', Trends in Microbiology, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 111-114, doi : 10.1016/j.tim.2022.10.010.0966-842X (print)1878-4380 (online)10.1016/j.tim.2022.10.010https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/89000Restrictions placed on the distribution of biological material by the legislation of countries such as India, South Africa, or Brazil exclude strains that could serve as type material for the validation or valid publication of prokaryotic species names. This problem goes beyond prokaryotic taxonomy and is also relevant for other areas of biological research.en© 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Trends in Microbiology. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. A definitive version was subsequently published in Trends in Microbiology, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 111-114, doi : 10.1016/j.tim.2022.10.010.International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (ICNP)Access and benefit sharing (ABS)New speciesGenetic resourcesProkaryotesCulture collectionsPostprint Article