when assigning a scientific name to an organism

The checked parts are marked by dotted, non-tight underlining irrespective of whether the original content was confirmed or was corrected. As far as possible the LPSN maintainers also check and where necessary correct parts of the original etymology sections. Where necessary and possible these etymology sections are rewritten to more closely correspond to the custom format. 2000, 50, 2239-2244.Įtymology information provided on LPSN is collected from the original publication of each taxon name. Minutes of the meetings, 14, 15 and 18 August 1999, Sydney, Australia. IXth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology.

DE VOS (P.) and TRÜPER (H.G.): Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology.

TRÜPER (H.G.): How to name a prokaryote? Etymological considerations, proposals and practical advice in prokaryote nomenclature.(Neo-Latin) is to be used in place of M.L. According to Trüper and to Recommendation 6 (8) the abbreviation N.L. stands for 'Medieval Latin' not 'Modern Latin'. Neo-Latin (a word treated and used as a Latin word) nom.

Medieval (sometimes pharmaceutical) Latin n. Latin (indicates that the word is classic Latin and found in an unabridged Latin dictionary) masc. ancient Greek (the word is transliterated into the Latin alphabet and the original Greek spelling is not given or given on mouse-over like a tooltip) ind. How names are formed depends on their ☞ category.Ībl. Another important aspect of the formation of names is ☞ orthography. The following abbreviations are used in the 'List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature' within ☞ etymology sections.

When assigning a scientific name to an organism