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Volume 67, Issue 4

A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for taxa Free

Abstract

While all names of new taxa submitted to the , either in direct submissions or in validation requests for names effectively published elsewhere, are subject to nomenclatural review to ensure that they are acceptable based on the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes, the names of taxa have not been subjected to such a review. Formally, this was not necessary because the rank of is not covered by the Code, and the names lack the priority afforded validly published names. However, many taxa of different ranks are widely discussed in the scientific literature, and a proposal to incorporate the nomenclature of uncultured prokaryotes under the provisions of the Code is currently pending. Therefore, an evaluation of the names of taxa published thus far is very timely. Out of the ~400 names found in the literature, 120 contradict the current rules of the Code or are otherwise problematic. A list of those names of taxa that need correction is presented here and alternative names that agree with the provisions of the Code are proposed.

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Keyword(s): Candidatus , ICNP , names and validation
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A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for Candidatus taxa
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