Nomenclature

NOMENCLATURE
  • Bacteria are named as per the rules prescribed by the international code of nomenclature for bacteria.
  • The name is written in Latin or latinized binomial. The first letter in the binomial is the genus name in which the first letter is capitalized.
  • The second word indicates the species and it is not capitalized. Both the genus and species names are italicized in print and underlined in writing.
  • Eg.  Escherichia coli
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