title: Proposal to modify Rule 12c of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes.
abstract: According to the current version of Rule 12c of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes, one of the ways in which a specific epithet can be treated is as an adjective that must agree in gender with the generic name. I propose emending this part of Rule 12c to specify that such adjectives must be in the singular form in the nominative case.
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