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Appendix 9, Section E of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes provides guidelines on how to form adjectival specific and subspecific epithets that reflect the geographical location where the… Click to show full abstract
Appendix 9, Section E of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes provides guidelines on how to form adjectival specific and subspecific epithets that reflect the geographical location where the organism was found or studied. It does not mention ways of naming genera after geographical locations. We here propose emendation of Appendix 9 with the recommendations on how to form such names. Comments on the implementation of the current wording of Appendix 9, Section E are also made.
Keywords:
code nomenclature;
geographical locations;
genera geographical;
nomenclature prokaryotes;
international code;
naming genera
Journal Title: International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology
Year Published: 2023
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Journal Title: International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology
Year Published: 2023
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