title: A rational proposal for plasmid nomenclature.
abstract: We propose a more rational system for nomenclature of wild plasmids of bacteria. With this proposal for nomenclature of bacterial plasmids, it is established in an unambiguous way: 1) if a plasmid is wild or derivative, and 2) in which species and bacterial strain it was found (in the case of wild plasmids).
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Genética y Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martín Luengo
mesh_terms: D010957:Plasmids; D009626:Terminology as Topic