114 International Code of Nomenclature 



Recommendation 27i. Orthography and Gender of Names 



(whitish) . This precedent has been followed in bacteriology in 

 numerous compound specific eipthets, as witnessed by albidoflavus, 

 albogilvns, alboniger, albosporeus, atrofaciens, aurogenus, nigro- 

 maculans, jlavogriseus, jlavovirens, griseoflavus, griseohiteus, roseo- 

 flmnts, riibropertinctns. 



Recommendation 27i (b) . The Greeks formed many compound 

 words. In consequence, Greek stems have been much used in making 

 compounds for use as generic names throughout biology. Most Greek 

 compounds with stems from adjectives and nouns show -o- as the con- 

 necting vowel. Greek precedent for Corynebacteriuryi is found in Greek 

 compounds such as corynephorus (club-bearing) . A modern specific 

 epithet is halmephilus (brine-loving) . Examples of use of -o- are to be 

 found in many generic names, as Achromobacter, Actinomyces, Blasto- 

 caulis, and in specific epithets as ochro?nogenes, lipophagus, lepto- 

 trichoides. 



Recommendation 27i (r) . The recommendations advising against 

 the formation of compound names or epithets from words of two or 

 more languages, particularly Latin and Greek, have been frequently 

 ignored. Since such names in their formation do not violate a rule, 

 they may be legitimate. There are many such words in bacteriology; 

 some are Latin-Greek, some Greek-Latin, some have -i- as the combin- 

 ing vowel, some have -o- and some have another vowel. 



Latin-Greek, with connecting vowel -o-: Acetobacter, acidopliilus. 



albosporeus, jlavochromogenes, Lactococcus. 

 Latin-Greek with connecting ^'owel -i-: Brevibacterium, Rami- 



bacterinm. 

 Greek-Latin with connecting ^owel -o-: Actinobacilhis, thermo- 



fuscus (sic) . 

 Greek-Latin with connecting vowel -i-: bacteriferus, cristalliferus. 

 Latin-Greek with connecting ^owel neither -o- nor -i-: Catenabac- 



terium. 

 Greek-Latin with connecting vowel neither -o- nor -i-: gonidia- 

 formans. 



