- Volume 14, Issue 2, 1964

A new Salmonella serotype (5 0 : z4, z 2 3 :-) was described and the designation S. flint was assigned to it. Two of the three cultures of S. flint reported upon were isolated from young children who were ill with gastroenteritis and the third was recovered from a bird snake.

The antigenic composition of two new serotypes of Salmonella isolated from fish meal was determined to be (3), (15), 34: 1, v : 1, 7 (S. menhaden) and (3), (15), 34 : e, h: l, w (S. wildwood), respectively.

A previously undescribed Salmonella serotype (6, 7:z:1, 6, (7)) was characterized and the name S. Oakland was given to it.

A new Salmonella serotype (44:b:e, n, z15) was described and the designation S. sedgwick was assigned to it. The culture was isolated from the stool of a male child who was not ill at the time.

An historical review of the name Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Schroeter) Migula is presented. The morphological and physiological characteristics, including electron micrographs and a photomicrograph of a stained preparation, are presented in Lysenko's proposed neotype strain (ATCC 10145, NCTC 10332, NCIB 8295, IBCAS 277, NRRL B-771, CCEB 481, RH 815) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This strain is compared with several other proposed neotype strains. The authors support the proposal by Lysenko and request an Opinion on this proposal by the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Bacteriological Nomenclature.

A new Salmonella serotype ((3), (L5), 34 : e, h-l, 5) was described and the designation Salmonella arkansas was assigned to it. The culture was isolated from a six-months-old child ill with gastroenteritis.

Vibrio Müller has not been used in the Literature of protozoology for over 100 years. Article 23 of the International Zoological Code of Nomenclature says “a name that has remained unused as a senior synonym in the primary zoological literature for more than 50 years is to be considered a forgotten name (nomen oblitum).” For a Little more than 100 years Vibrio has become established as a commonly accepted generic name in bacteriology. It is recommended from the standpoint of bacteriology that Vibrio Müller 1773 be regarded as the name of a genus in zoology and in conformity with the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature be recognized as a nomen oblitum and without standing in bacteriological nomenclature. It is further recommended that Vibrio Pacini 1854 be placed in the list of conserved generic names (nomina generum conservanda) with the type species Vibrio cholerae Pacini 1854 and that the specific epithet cholerae in the binary combination Vibrio cholerae Pacini 1854 also be conserved. It is also proposed that the National Collection of Type Cultures (NCTC) strain 8021 (American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) strain 14035) be recognized as the neotype strain of Vibrio cholerae Pacini 1 854. The morphological and physiological characteristics, including a photomicrograph of a stained preparation showing monotrichous cells each with a polar flagellum, are presented of the proposed neotype strain.