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Taxonomic note: necessary correction of specific and subspecific epithets according to Rules 12c and 13b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (1990 Revision)

Laboratoire de Bactériologie, école Nationale Vétérinaire, 23 Chemin des Capelles, F-31076 Toulouse cedex 3, France

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ABSTRACT

Specific epithets and subspecific epithets treated as adjectives must agree in gender with the generic names (Rules 12c and 13b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria). Thirty-four cases that do not respect theses Rules are corrected.

Key Words: nomenclatural changes • epithet • adjective • gender • International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria

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