APPENDIX A 



Transliteration of Greek Words for Use 

 in Nomenclature in Bacteriology 



Authors desiring to vise Greek words in the formation of epithets and 

 names to be introduced into bacteriological nomenclature are advised to 

 transliterate such words into Latin form in conformity with recognized 

 usage as follows: 



Greek A, a (alpha) Latin A, a 



clktIs olktIvos - actis, actinis 



The Greek a is the first letter of two diphthongs. 



at - ae. alfxa, alfxaros - haema, haematis. 



Rarely and less correctly transliterated as ai as in 

 oipaXpa - sphaira, whence Sphaira, a protozoan ge- 

 neric name. Occasionally at does not constitute a 

 diphthong, as in atarup - aistor and is then trans- 

 literated ai. Not infrequently at has been incorrect- 

 ly transliterated as e, as in Hemophilus. 



au - au av^o) - auxo 



a at - ha and hae, respectively, as in aXs, aXos - hals, 

 halis 

 alfxa - haema 



Greek B, /3 (beta) Latin B, b 



^aKT-qpiov ' bacterium 



Greek F, 7 (gamma) Latin G, g 



ya\a yaXaKTos - gala, galactis 



When 7 precedes 7, k, ^, x. it is transliterated as n. 



77 - ng ayyeiov - angium 



7K - nc kyKtipoKos - encephalus 



7^ - nx aifly^ - sphinx 



7X - nch avyxvais - synchysis 



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Actinomyces 

 haematoides 



auxinophilus 



halophilus 

 Haemophilus 



Bacterium 



Galactococcus 



Archangium 

 encephaloides 

 Sphinx 

 synchyseus 



