@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001477, author = "Vandamme, Peter A.", title = "Proposal of Verticiella gen. nov. as replacement for the illegitimate prokaryotic genus name Verticia Vandamme et al. 2015", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2016", volume = "66", number = "12", pages = "5099-5100", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001477", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001477", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "Verticia", keywords = "Verticiella", keywords = "Illegimate name", abstract = "The prokaryotic genus name Verticia Vandamme et al. 2015 is illegitimate because it is a later homonym of the insect genus name Verticia Malloch 1927 [Principle 2, Rule 51b(4) of the Prokaryotic Code (2008 Revision)]. This name is therefore not a correct name (Principle 6), and a replacement genus name must be proposed (Rule 54).", }