title: The relationship of validly published names to legitimate and illegitimate names in the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes.
abstract: The International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes defines validly published names, legitimate names and illegitimate names, but does not clearly define the inter-relationship between them. Clarification is required.
authors: Leibniz-Institut DSMZ - Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Inhoffenstraße 7B, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors: B J
authors: BJ
authors: Tindall
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D009626:Terminology as Topic