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Rule 6. Sect. 1. Naming of Taxa 



a time in the literature. For example, Duclaux (1882) described an 

 organism which he found associated with the production of slimy 

 or ropy milk. He placed it in his newly named genus Actinobacter 

 but did not give it a specific epithet. In consequence, the organism 

 has been termed Actinobacter du lait visqueux Duclaux, an illegiti- 

 mate combination. 



