Rule 29 and combined generic and specific descriptions

B. J. Tindall

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Rule 29 and combined generic and specific descriptions

B. J. Tindall¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Leibniz-Institut DSMZ – Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Inhoffenstraße 7B, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
*Correspondence: B. J. Tindall, [email protected]
Published: 01 August 2019 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003269

Abstract

Rule 29 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes caters for the situation where a new genus containing a single species may have a combined description. However, Rule 29 does not clearly state how this is to be implemented with regard to Rules 16 and 27.

Received: 22/10/2018
Accepted: 13/01/2019
Published Online: 01/08/2019

Keyword(s): genus description , nomenclatural type , Rule 29 and species description

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