title: Updating Rule 15 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria.
abstract: The wording of Rule 15 as originally published in the 1975 and 1990 revisions of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria with regard to the definition ofnomenclatural typeswas not clearly expressed and was modified by the Judicial Commission in 2008. However, there is a difference between the wording as proposed and that accepted. On reflection there is justification for re-examining both the proposed and the accepted wording.
authors.affiliation: Leibniz-Institut DSMZ - Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Inhoffenstraße 7B, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Brian J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Tindall
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification*; D009626:Terminology as Topic