Proposal to include the rank of phylum in the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes [correspondence]

Aharon Oren; George M. Garrity; William B. Whitman; Bernhard Schink; Martha Trujillo; Ramon Rosselló-Móra; Iain Sutcliffe; Milton S. da Costa; Fred A. Rainey

doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.000664

Proposal to include the rank of phylum in the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes [correspondence]

Aharon Oren, George M. Garrity, William B. Whitman, Bernhard Schink, Martha Trujillo, Ramon Rosselló-Móra, Iain Sutcliffe, Milton S. da Costa, Fred A. Rainey

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Abstract

The International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes covers the nomenclature of prokaryotes up to the rank of class. We propose here modifying the Code to include the rank of phylum so that names of phyla that fulfil the rules of the Code will obtain standing in the nomenclature.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4284-4287
Number of pages	4
Journal	International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Volume	65
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.000664
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2015

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Oren, A., Garrity, G. M., Whitman, W. B., Schink, B., Trujillo, M., Rosselló-Móra, R., Sutcliffe, I., da Costa, M. S., & Rainey, F. A. (2015). Proposal to include the rank of phylum in the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes [correspondence]. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 65(11), 4284-4287. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.000664

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