Is characterization of a single isolate sufficient for valid publication of a new genus or species? Proposal to modify Recommendation 30b of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision)

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2221-2225

  Christensen, H ^a   Bisgaard, M ^a   Frederiksen, W ^a   Mutters, R ^a   Kuhnert, P ^a   Olsen, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacterial nomenclature; Bacteriological Code; Minimal standards; Single isolate description

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0035200743     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-51-6-2221     Document Type: Article

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