Aharon Oren, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Published online: July 2008
DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0021150
Nomenclature of prokaryotes is regulated by the provisions of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. To obtain standing in the nomenclature, names of new taxa must be validly published according to the rules of that Code.
Keywords: nomenclature; prokaryotes; valid publication; effective publication; bacteriological code
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| Further Reading | |
| book Brenner DJ, Staley JT and Krieg NR (2001) "Classification of procaryotic organisms and the concept of bacterial speciation". In: Boone DR and Castenholz RW (eds) Garrity, GM (editor-in-chief) Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1. The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria, pp 27–31. New York: Springer. | |
| book Dworkin M, Falkow S, Rosenberg E et al. (eds) (2006) The Prokaryotes. A Handbook on the Biology of Bacteria: Ecophysiology and Biochemistry, 7 vols. New York: Springer. | |
| book Garrity GM (editor-in-chief) (5 vols; vols 1 and 2 were published in 2001 and) (2005) Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn. New York: Springer. | |
| Oren A (2004) Prokaryote diversity and taxonomy: present status and future challenges. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Series B 559: 623–638. | |
| Rosselló-Mora R and Amann R (2001) The species concept for prokaryotes. FEMS Microbiology Reviews 25: 39–67. | |
| book Sneath PHA (2001) "Bacterial nomenclature". In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW and Garrity GM (eds) Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1. The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria, pp. 83–88. New York: Springer. | |
| book Trüper HG (2001) "Etymology in nomenclature of prokaryotes". In: Boone DR and Castenholz RW (eds) Garrity, GM (editor-in-chief) Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1. The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria, pp 89–99. New York: Springer. | |
| Wayne LG, Brenner DJ, Colwell RR et al. (1987) Report of the ad hoc committee on reconciliation of approaches to bacterial systematics. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 37: 463–464. | |
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