@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001245, author = "Tindall, B. J.", title = "What does Rule 18c of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria really say?", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2016", volume = "66", number = "9", pages = "3622-3624", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001245", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001245", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "availability", keywords = "Code", keywords = "lost type strain", keywords = "neotype", keywords = "Rule 18c", abstract = "A number of recent Requests for an Opinion have cited Rule 18c of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria as the Rule governing setting a time limit on the search for a neotype strain. This Rule only governs what happens when a neotype is proposed and not what happens when the original type appears to have been lost and a neotype is not found. It is appropriate to emphasize this issue and to examine what other alternatives are available.", }