Clinical Microbiology Newsletter
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 1-5 , 1 January 2009

Bacterial Nomenclature: How Organisms are Named and Renamed and Renamed

  • Alice S. Weissfeld, Ph.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationMailing Address: Alice S. Weissfeld, Ph.D., Microbiology Specialists Incorporated, 8911 Interchange Dr., Houston, TX 77054. Tel.: 713-663-6888. Fax: 713-663-7722

References 

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  4. In: Lapage SP , et al. editor. International code of nomenclature of bacteria (1990 revision). Bacteriological code . Washington, DC: American Society for Microbiology; 1992;
  5. Euzéby JP . List of bacterial names with standing in nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet (ftp://ftp.cict.fr/pub/bacteriol) . Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. . 1997;47:590–592
  6. LPSN (List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature) . website. http://www.bacterio.net
  7. Tindall BJ . Misunderstanding the bacteriological code . Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. . 1999;49:1313–1316

 Editorial Note: The website listed in reference 5 is more easily accessed using http://www.bacterio.net.

PII: S0196-4399(08)00063-9

doi: 10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2008.12.001

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 1-5 , 1 January 2009

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