title: Are the concepts of legitimate and illegitimate names necessary under the current International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria? A proposal to make changes to the Code.
abstract: The International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (the Code) has retained the concept of legitimate and illegitimate names, despite the fact that the principle underlying valid publication of a name could easily dispense with this concept. Furthermore, changes in wording to the Code are proposed that would help to clarify the issue of names that contravene the Code.
authors.affiliation: Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Inhoffenstr. 7B, Braunschweig, Germany. bti@dsmz.de
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Tindall
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification*; D009626:Terminology as Topic