APPENDIX C 



Opinions Relating to Nomenclature 

 of the Bacteria and Viruses 



Foreivord. The first Opinions relating to nomenclature in bac- 

 teriology resulted from proposals made to the International Com- 

 mittee on Bacteriological Nomenclature at its meeting in London 

 held during the sessions of the Second International Congress for 

 Microbiology in 1936. The Opinions were approved by the Inter- 

 national Committee and by the plenary session of the Congress. 



The International Committee at its meeting held in New York 

 in 1939 during the sessions of the Third International Congress for 

 Micro biolog), with the concurrence of the Plenary Session of the 

 Congress, selected a Judicial Commission with certain functions, 

 among them: 



(a) To issue formal Opinions when asked to interpret rules of 

 nomenclature in cases in which the application of a rule is 

 doubtful. 



(b) To prepare formal Opinions relative to the status of names 

 which have been proposed, placing such names when deemed 

 necessary in special lists, such as lists of nomina coyiservanda, 

 noynina rejicienda, etc 



(c) To develop recommendations for emendations of the Inter- 

 national Rules for Bacteriological Nomenclature for pre- 

 sentation to the International Committee. 



(d) To prepare formal Opinions relative to types, particularly 

 types of species and genera, and to develop a list of bacterial 

 genera which have been proposed with the type species of 

 each. 



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