title: Certificates of deposit - a key element of the Bacteriological Code and an indispensable prerequisite for comparative taxonomic research. Report of a case of falsification and a reply to the letter to the editor by Tindall (2008).
authors.affiliation: Institut für Angewandte Microbiologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32 (IFZ), D-35392, Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kämpfer
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification*; D018070:Biological Specimen Banks; D012106:Research; D012180:Retraction of Publication as Topic; D015871:Scientific Misconduct; D009626:Terminology as Topic