Bacteria and Viruses xv 



Foreword 



THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGICAL CONGRESS 

 (Rio do Janeiro, 1950) 



Meetings of the Judicial Commission and of the International 

 Committee were held at Rio de Janeiro and Petropolis (Brazil) in 

 August 1950. Among the important actions of these bodies, con- 

 firmed by the Plenary Session of the Congress, were the following: 



1. An Editorial Board was established consisting of the Chairman 

 of the Judicial Commission and the two Permanent Secretaries. 



2. Publication of a quarterly "International Bulletin of Bacterio- 

 logical Nomenclature and Taxonomy" was authorized; to be 

 edited by the Editorial Board. 



3. Agreement was reached that some revision of the International 

 Bacteriological Code of Nomenclature was desirable and the 

 Judicial Commission instructed to incorporate certain amend- 

 ments approved, and to prepare recommendations for the 1953 

 International Microbiological Congress to be held in Rome. 



The actions taken by the Commission, the Conmiittee and the 

 Fifth Congi'ess are reported in Volume One "The International 

 Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy." 



In preparation for the Rome Congress (September 1953) the 

 provisional agenda for the meetings of the International Committee 

 and of the Jtidicial Commission were prepared and published in the 

 June (1953) issue of the International Bulletin. 



THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGICAL CONGRESS 

 (Rome, 1953) 



The Editorial Board prepared a series of "Proposals Relative to 

 Emendation and Publication" of a revised International Bacterio- 

 logical Code of Nomenclature (International Bulletin 1953 pp. 31- 

 63) which recommended publication of the revised Code, suggested 

 that the Rules and Recommendations be adequately annotated, and 

 that there be noted significant resemblances to the Botanical and 

 Zoological Codes of Nomenclature and likewise important differences 

 between them. The hope was expressed that texts in other languages 

 could be published simultaneously with the English text. In all, sixty 

 draft proposals for amendment, deletions and modifications of the 

 Code were submitted and acted upon. 



The Judicial Commission, through the Editorial Board, was di- 

 rected to edit, annotate, and publish the Code as finally approved 

 by the International Committee and the Plenary Session. 



The name of the Code was fixed as The International Code of 

 Nomenclatine of Bacteria and Viruses. 



The manuscript for the Code in original draft form, including 

 Annotations and Appendices, was submitted for editorial suggestions 



