title: Clarifying rule 24a of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria.
abstract: Note 1 of Rule 24a of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria can be interpreted in an ambiguous fashion, because the wording is not sufficiently clear. It is proposed that the wording of this note be modified to clarify this point.
authors.affiliation: DSMZ - Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Inhoffenstrasse 7B, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany. bti@dsmz.de
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Tindall
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification*; D001432:Bacteriology; D002965:Classification / Q000379:methods; D038622:Internationality; D009626:Terminology as Topic