Federhen, ScottRossello-Mora, RamonKlenk, Hans-PeterTindall, Brian J.Konstantinidis, Konstantinos T.Whitman, William B.Brown, DanielLabeda, DavidUssery, DavidGarrity, George M.Colwell, Rita R.Hasan, NurGraf, JoergParte, AidanYarza, PabloGoldberg, BrittanySichtig, HeikeKarsch-Mizrachi, IleneClark, KarenMcVeigh, RichardPruitt, Kim D.Tatusova, TatianaFalk, RobertTurner, SeánMadden, ThomasKitts, PaulKimchi, AviKlimke, WilliamAgarwala, RichaDiCuccio, MichaelOstell, JamesMany genomes are incorrectly identified at GenBank. We developed a plan to find and correct misidentified genomes using genomic comparison statistics together with a scaffold of reliably identified genomes from type. A workshop was organized with broad representation from the bacterial taxonomic community to review the proposal, the GenBank Microbial Genomic Taxonomy Workshop, Bethesda MD, May 12–13, 2015.en-USGenBankGenomic taxonomyMisidentified sequence entriesArticle