title: 'Localimania' revisited: guidelines for the formation of specific epithets for names of prokaryotes based on names of institutions or their acronyms. A proposal for emendation of Appendix 9 to the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes.
abstract: We here present a survey of the increasing use of the -ensis (-ense) ending for the formation of specific epithets that do not refer to geographical locations but to names of research institutes or their acronyms. To our opinion the use of the -ensis (-ense) ending must be discouraged for such purposes, the formation of nouns in the genitive case being preferred for the formation of such arbitrary epithets. Emendation of Appendix 9 - Orthography to the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes is proposed with guidelines for the formation of such names.
authors.affiliation: The Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 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
authors.affiliation: Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany.
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schink
authors.affiliation: National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Ecosystem Study, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ventura
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D009626:Terminology as Topic