@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002256, author = "Oren, Aharon", title = "Proposal to correct the generic name Flaviaesturariibacter Kang, Chun, Seo, Kim and Jahng 2015, 2212 to Flavaestuariibacter. Request for an Opinion", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2017", volume = "67", number = "9", pages = "3686-3686", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002256", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002256", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "Flaviaesturariibacter", keywords = "Flavaestuariibacter", keywords = "Request for an Opinion", abstract = "The generic name Flaviaesturariibacter Kang, Chun, Seo, Kim and Jahng 2015, 2212 is malformed: being derived from the Latin noun aestuarium, …aestuarii… instead of …aesturarii… is required. Moreover, according to Appendix 9 of the Prokaryotic Code, a connecting vowel must be dropped when the following word element starts with a vowel. I therefore propose to correct the name Flaviaesturariibacter to Flavaestuariibacter.", }