@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-26-2-293, author = "FARMER, J. J. and BRENNER, DON J. and CLARK, WILLIAM A.", title = "Proposal to Conserve the Specific Epithet tarda over the Specific Epithet anguillimortiferum in the Name of the Organism Presently Known as Edwardsiella tarda: Request for an Opinion", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "1976", volume = "26", number = "2", pages = "293-294", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-26-2-293", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-26-2-293", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "We propose that the specific epithet tarda be conserved over the specific epithet anguillimortiferum in the scientific name Edwardsiella tarda Ewing et al. 1965. Although the name Paracolobactrum anguillimortiferum was applied to what may be the same organism and was validly published by Hoshina in 1962, the name remained obscure until it was rediscovered by Sakazaki and Tamura in 1975. Meanwhile, the name Edwardsiella tarda has gained worldwide acceptance. For stability in nomenclature and to avoid confusion in the literature, the specific epithet tarda should be retained.", }