Abstract
I here present a survey of generic names with standing in the prokaryotic nomenclature that have homonyms with standing under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and/or the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. I especially discuss such names added after Principle 2 of the Bacteriological Code/Prokaryotic Code was changed in 1999 to make the prokaryote nomenclature not independent of botanical and zoological nomenclature. Cases include the genera Micromonas, Quadrococcus, Yania, Sinococcus, and Meganema. The generic name Meganema was not previously recognized as a homonym of two genera with standing in the zoological nomenclature. Therefore, I here propose renaming Meganema and Meganema perideroedes as Neomegalonema gen. nov. and Neomegalonema perideroedes comb. nov., respectively.
Original language | American English |
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Article number | 002349 |
Pages (from-to) | 4276-4278 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |
Volume | 67 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2017 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Homonyms
- Meganema
- Neomegalonema
- Prokaryotic code