title: Proposal of Parvimonas gen. nov. and Quatrionicoccus gen. nov. as replacements for the illegitimate, prokaryotic, generic names Micromonas Murdoch and Shah 2000 and Quadricoccus Maszenan et al. 2002, respectively.
abstract: The prokaryotic, generic names Micromonas Murdoch and Shah 2000 and Quadricoccus Maszenan et al. 2002 are illegitimate* because they are later homonyms of the names Micromonas Manton and Parke 1960 (alga) and Quadricoccus Fott 1948 (alga). [Principle 2, Rule 51b(4) of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision)]. Such names have no claim to be correct names (Principle 6) and, therefore, replacement generic names must be proposed (Rule 54).
authors.affiliation: DSMZ - Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Inhoffenstrasse 7b, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Tindall
authors.affiliation: Société de Bactériologie Systématique et Vétérinaire (SBSV) and école Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse (ENVT), 23 Chemin des Capelles, BP 87614, 31076 Toulouse Cedex 3, France.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Euzéby
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification*; D009626:Terminology as Topic