title: The status of the Notes in the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes: proposal to emend General Consideration 6.
abstract: The International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes contains 48 Notes to the General Considerations, the Principles, the Rules and the Recommendations. However, the formal status of these Notes is not defined in the Code. Therefore, we here propose an emendation of General Consideration 6 stating that the Notes are intended to clarify the preceding text and are an integral part of that text.
authors.affiliation: The Institute of Life Sciences,The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Edmond J. Safra Campus, 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