Open AccessProposal to modify Rules 27 and 30(3)(b) of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes
Author(s) -
Aharon Oren,
George M Garrity
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1466-5034
pISSN - 1466-5026
DOI - 10.1099/ijsem.0.003063
Subject(s) - biology , nomenclature , computational biology , taxonomy (biology) , evolutionary biology , zoology
We propose to modify Rules 27 and 30(3)(b) of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes so that the formal description of new taxa (the 'protologue') will include a statement about the nomenclatural type, so that this information will be linked to the name of the taxon, the derivation (etymology) of the name, and the properties of the taxon.