What does Rule 18c of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria really say? Tindall, B. J.,, 66, 3622-3624 (2016), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001245, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, 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., language=, type=