title: Proposal to change the name Rhodoligotrophos Fukuda et al. 2012, 1947 to Rhodoligotrophus. Request for an Opinion.
abstract: In the opinion of the authors, the genus name Rhodoligotrophos was formed in violation of Principle 3 and Rule 10a of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes which requires that genus names are to be treated as Latin substantives. We therefore propose renaming the genus Rhodoligotrophos as Rhodoligotrophus. A Request for an Opinion is submitted to the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes regarding this proposed name change.
authors.affiliation: The Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Aharon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oren
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Biomedical Physical Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-4320, USA.
authors.forename: George M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Garrity
authors.affiliation: Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany.
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schink
mesh_terms: D020561:Alphaproteobacteria / Q000145:classification*; D002965:Classification; D009626:Terminology as Topic