Should all other biologists follow the lead of virologists and stop italicizing the names of living organisms? a proposal

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2113, 2009, Pages 63-68

  Calisher, Charles H ^a   Van Regenmortel, Marc H V ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Names; Nomen; Nomina; Non equivalence of species and organisms; Taxa; Taxonomy; Use of italics; Vernacular names

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEASLES VIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS;

EID: 67649497576     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2113.1.4     Document Type: Article

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