The generic name Gaffkya Trevisan 1885 was placed on the list of rejected names by the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Nomenclature of Bacteria.
Editorial Secretary (for the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Nomenclature of Bacteria)1970; Judicial Commission, minutes of meeting, Leicester, England. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 20:1–8 Minute 21
Editorial Secretary (for the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology)1971; Minutes of meeting of the Judicial Commission, Mexico City, Mexico. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 21:100–103