Proposals That The International Committee On Systematics Of Prokaryotes Establish A Public Database Of Validly Published Names And That The Bacteriological Code Be Amended To Change The Prescription For Citation Of Validly Published Names

It is proposed that the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes formally maintain a readily accessible database of validly published names and that Rule 33b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria be revised to allow a new, abbreviated, format as the sole method by which authors indicate validation of previously published names.