%0 Journal Article %A Williams, James E. %T Proposal to Reject the New Combination Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis for Violation of the First Principle of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria %D 1984 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 34 %N 2 %P 268-269 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-34-2-268 %I Microbiology Society, %X It is proposed that the name Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis, for the organism also known by the valid name Yersinia pestis, violates Principle 1, Subprinciple 2, of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria and should be rejected. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-34-2-268