INTERNATIONAL BULLETIN
OF
BACTERIOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE
AND
TAXONOMY
Volume 3
October 15, 1953
Number 4
MINUTES O F THE JUDICIAL COMMISSION MEETINGS
HELD AT ROME
I N CONNECTION WITH THE
V I INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS FOR MICROBIOLOGY
S E P T E M B E R , 1953
MEETING O F 3 r d SEPTEMBER
P r e s e n t w e r e P r o f . R . E. Buchanan (Chairman), D r . C . H.
Andrewes, P r o f . A. J. Kluyver, P r o f . E. G. D. M u r r a y ,
P r o f . Th. Thjstta and D r . S. T . Cowan ( S e c r e t a r y ) .
Minute 1 .
The meeting w a s c a l l e d to o r d e r b y the C h a i r m a n .
Minute 2 . An apology w a s r e c e i v e d f o r a b s e n c e f r o m D r .
Stapp who nominated D r . H. B o r t e l s as h i s a l t e r n a t e . Apologies f o r absence w e r e also r e c e i v e d f r o m P r o f . Wikdn, Dr.
Ramsbottom, P r o f . van Niel, D r . Sordelli, D r . Lwoff, and
P r o f . Renaux.
The meeting accepted D r . H. B o r t e l s as D r . Stapp's alternate.
It was a g r e e d that P r o f . A. A. Miles should a c t as a l t e r n a t e
f o r D r . Andrewes when he could not be p r e s e n t i n p e r s o n .
Minute 3 . Adoption of R u l e s of P r o c e d u r e .
R u l e s of p r o c e d u r e f o r t h e conduct of the Judicial C o m m i s s i o n
d r a f t e d by the s e c r e t a r y w e r e adopted with one m i n o r a l t e r ation; the r u l e s a r e as follows
R u l e s of P r o c e d u r e f o r the Judicial C o m m i s s i o n
1.
The C h a i r m a n and V i c e - c h a i r m a n shall be e l e c t e d by
m e m b e r s of the C o m m i s s i o n ( C o m m i s s i o n e r s ) and s h a l l
hold office f o r the unexpired portion of t h e i r t e r m s as
C o m m i s s i o n e r s . If they a r e r e - e l e c t e d C o m m i s s i o n e r s
they will b e eligible f o r r e - e l e c t i o n as C h a i r m a n and
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V i c e - c h a i r m a n . The Chairman and V i c e - c h a i r m a n shall
not be of the s a m e c l a s s , so that the t e r m s of office of
Chairman and V i c e - c h a i r m a n will not expire simultaneously.
2.
When the Chairman is unable to attend a meeting, the
V i c e - c h a i r m a n will undertake the duties of the C h a i r m a n ,
and will, p r o tempore, have all the powers of the C h a i r man.
3.
The Commission m e e t s a t the t i m e o f e a c h C o n g r e s s , and
a t its f i r s t meeting s h a l l c o n s i d e r the nomination of a l t e r nates for absent C o m m i s s i o n e r s (Draft P r o p o s a l 60).
Except i n the election of Chairman and V i c e - c h a i r m a n ,
nominees approved by the Commission will have the voting
rights of the C o m m i s s i o n e r s they r e p r e s e n t .
4.
A minimum of five C o m m i s s i o n e r s , who mustinclude the
Chairman o r V i c e - c h a i r m a n and a t l e a s t one P e r m a n e n t
S e c r e t a r y , can proceed to the nomination and approval of
a l t e r n a t e s f o r m e m b e r s not attending the C o n g r e s s .
After a l t e r n a t e s have been approved, s e v e n Commissione r s and approved a l t e r n a t e s s h a l l make a quorum.
5 . A l l votes s h a l l be taken by a show of hands unless a s e c r e t ballot is demanded by at l e a s t one-third of the
C o m m i s s i o n e r s (and a l t e r n a t e s ) p r e s e n t . The votes of 8
or m o r e C o m m i s s i o n e r s a r e r e q u i r e d to approve a n official OPINION or a n amendment of the International Bacteriological Code of Nomenclature , but on other subjects
a simple majority will suffice. In the event of a tie the
Chairman s h a l l h a v e a casting vote. When m e m b e r s wish
to r e c o r d a unanimous decision, a f r e s h vote m a y be
called f o r and taken.
6.
The c l o s u r e of a discussion m a y b e proposed and seconded at any time a f t e r the discussion on one subject has
proceededfor m o r e than 3 0 minutes. The Chairman m u s t
put such a motion to the vote without further discussion.
7.
P r o p o s a l s (motions that have been published in the I n t e r national Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and
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Taxonomy will be proposed and seconded f r o m the floor,
and the C h a i r m a n will announce the r e s u l t of the vote.
8.
P r o p o s a l s (motions) that have not been published and
amendments to published proposals shall b e made in
writing o r typescript and will be signed by the p r o p o s e r
and seconder.
The C h a i r m a n will r e c o r d o n the motion
paper the r e s u l t of the vote or votes, and these p a p e r s
will be p r e s e r v e d by the P e r m a n e n t S e c r e t a r i e s until the
Minutes have been written.
Minute 4 . Approval of Agenda. The C h a i r m a n p r e s e n t e d the
detailed agenda. Approval was given.
Minute 5 . P r o p o s a l s for amendment of the bacteriological
code.
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r e f e r e n c e s i n t h i s and other minutes, u n l e s s otherwise
specified, a r e to the International Bulletin of Bacteriological
Nomenclature and Taxonomy Vol. 3, Nos. 2 t 3, June,
1953.)
Title of the Code. The S e c r e t a r y p r e s e n t e d a p r o p o s a l that
the name of the code should be changed to International Code
of Bacteriological Nomenclature; this was seconded by D r
Murray.
After discussion i t was a g r e e d unanimously that
D r . Thjdtta's amendment, seconded by D r . M u r r a y , should
be accepted. This amendment r e a d asfollows: It is proposed
that the title of the bacteriological code should b e changed
f r o m International Bacteriological Code of Nomenclature t o
International Code of Nomenclature of B a c t e r i a and V i r u s e s ,
with a s h o r t title of Bacteriological Code.
.
It was
Draft P r o p o s a l 1 (p. 32) was approved unanimously.
a g r e e d that s e p a r a t e publication of the amended code should
be undertaken.
Consideration of publication i n languages
other than English will be by l e t t e r ballot.
Draft P r o p o s a l s 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 and 9 (pp. 33 to 37) w e r e
approved unanimously.
Draft P r o p o s a l 10 (pp. 37-8). Consideration w a s g i v e n t o t h e
alternative proposals 10a and l o b . Unanimous approval was
given to proposal 10a with the modification that the last
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sentence should become a recommendation and not be p a r t of
Rule 2 . The Recommendation was p h r a s e d as follows:
Names of new o r d e r s and s u b o r d e r s should p r e f e r a b l y be
based upon the name of a contained family.
Draft P r o p o s a l 11 (p. 3 8 ) .
Consideration was given t o t h e
alternative proposals 1l a and 1 l b . Draft proposal 1l b was
approved unanimously.
Draft P r o p o s a l 12 (p. 3 9 ) . It was a g r e e d unanimously that
this proposal should be rejected.
Draft P r o p o s a l 13 (p. 39). The proposal was accepted unanimously. It was further a g r e e d that the Committee on Bact e r i a of the Botanical Congress ( D r . 0. N. Allen, C h a i r m a n )
b e requested to confer with the suitable botanical committee
with r e f e r e n c e t o the t r i b a l ending - e a e .
Draft P r o p o s a l 14 (pp. 4 1 -44). I t was a g r e e d that because of
the rejection of d r a f t proposal 12 the sentence
"The nomenclatural type genus of a family whose
name is recognized as an exception (See Note
Rule 3 ) m a y be fixed by the Judicial Commission,
p r e f e r a b l y at the time that approval to the exception is made. I '
i n p a r a g r a p h ( 1 ) should be deleted. It was f u r t h e r a g r e e d
that the l a s t sentence of the p a r a g r a p h beginning "A neotype
c u l t u r e " should r e a d as follows:
" I t should a g r e e with the diagnosis given by the original
d e s c r i b e r and shouldbe recommended by at l e a s t t h r e e
s e p a r a t e w o r k e r s f a m i l i a r with the s p e c i e s , and their
a g r e e d recommendation approved by the Judicial Commission. I t
The l a s t p a r a g r a p h of proposal 14 was r e f e r r e d to D r s .
Andrewes and M u r r a y for consideration and r e p o r t . Voting
on the proposal was d e f e r r e d until the next meeting.
Draft P r o p o s a l 15 (p. 4 4 ) was approved unanimously.
Draft P r o p o s a l 16 (p. 44). It was a g r e e d t o d e l e t e the following words :
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."upon the recommendation of a committee of e x p e r t s "
f r o m the third sentence for the r e a s o n that this point had
been covered i n d r a f t proposal 14. With this modification
the proposal was accepted unanimously.
Draft P r o p o s a l s 1 7 , 1 8 , 1 9 , 2 0 and 21 (pp. 45-46)
p r oved unanimously.
w e r e ap-
Draft P r o p o s a l 22 (p. 46). The p a r t i n p a r e n t h e s i s is to be
deleted f r o m the Rule and is to be made into a n annotation.
With this modification the d r a f t proposal was approved unanimously.
Draft P r o p o s a l 23 (p. 47) was approved unanimously.
Draft P r o p o s a l 24 (p. 47). It was a g r e e d unanimously that
d r a f t proposal 24 should be r e p h r a s e d as follows:
"An author when publishing the name of a new taxon
should designate the type and, i n the c a s e of a
s p e c i e s or sub-species, the collection where the
type s t r a i n o r equivalent is p r e s e r v e d . "
D r a f t P r o p o s a l s 2 5 , 2 6 , 2 7 , 2 8 , 2 9 and 30 (pp. 47-49) w e r e
unanimously approved.
The meeting was adjourned until September the 4th, 1953.
MEETING O F 4th SEPTEMBER
P r e s e n t w e r e P r o f . R. E . Buchanan (Chairman), D r . C . H.
Andrewes, D r . H. B o r t e l s , M i s s V. C r o s s l e y ( a l t e r n a t e for
D r . J. Ramsbottom), P r o f . A. J. Kluyver, P r o f . E . G. D.
Murray, P r o f . Th. Thjstta and D r . S. T. Cowan(Secretary).
Minute 5 (continued).
The actions taken at the meeting on 3 r d September, 1953,
w e r e adopted unanimously.
Draft P r o p o s a l 14 ( d e f e r r e d f r o m 3 r d September).
Dr.
Andrewes and P r o f e s s o r M u r r a y recommended that an
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a s t e r i s k should be i n s e r t e d a f t e r the word culture on the
fourth line of the p a r a g r a p h s t a r t i n g "Recommendation 91t
(p. 4 3 ) and another a f t e r the word c u l t u r e s in the last line on
p . 43; as a footnote the following should be added: C u l t u r e
is to be i n t e r p r e t e d as including every method of maintaining
o r g a n i s m s i n a living s t a t e (in a medium, in a host by p a s sage, i n c e l l s o r exudates, or desiccated).
As modified, the d r a f t proposal 14 was acceptedunanimously.
Draft P r o p o s a l s 3 1 , 3 2 33,34 3 5 , 3 6 , 3 7 , 3 8 , 3 9
w e r e approved unanimously.
(pp
.
49- 5 1 )
Draft P r o p o s a l 40 (p. 52). The f i r s t alternative w a s accepte d unanimously.
D r . M u r r a y proposed and Dr. Cowan
seconded that the problem of the overlapping of generic
n a m e s of plants and b a c t e r i a should be studied by the Botani c a l Committee on B a c t e r i a to d e t e r m i n e whether it would be
advisable to replace the word plants i n t h e first alternative
This proposal
d r a f t proposal by the words algae and fungi.
was c a r r i e d unanimously.
Draft P r o p o s a l 41,42 and 43 (pp. 52-53)were approvedunanimously
.
Draft P r o p o s a l 44 (pp. 53-54) was considered briefly but a c tion was d e f e r r e d until a f t e r consideration of l a t e r p r o p o s a l s .
Draft P r o p o s a l 45 (p. 54)andAppendixA (pp. 64-69). Appendix A was c o n s i d e r e d f i r s t . It was noted that through a typographical e r r o r the l e t t e r 2 after the d a s h following o u i n
line 1 0 on page 67 had been omitted and should be i n s e r t e d .
With this c o r r e c t i o n Appendix A wa8 unanimously approved
Draft P r o p o s a l 45 was replaced by the proposals p r e s e n t e d
on pp. 63-64, which w e r e accepted unanimously.
.
Draft P r o p o s a l s 46 and 47 (p. 5 4 ) w e r e approved unanimously.
Draft P r o p o s a l 48 (p. 55). Draft A was accepted unanimousl y with the inclusion of "or yt'between the word vowel and the
c o m m a at the end of the first line.
Draft P r o p o s a l 49 (pp. 55-56).
A decision on this proposal
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was d e f e r r e d until a f t e r consideration of what changes should
be made to make this Recommendation a Rule.
Draft P r o p o s a l 50 (p. 57) was approved unanimously.
Draft P r o p o s a l 51 (p. 57) and Appendix B (pp. 70-72) w e r e
considered together.
Draft proposal 51 was approvedunanimously,and Appendix B,
as amended, will be considered at the next meeting. It was
proposed by D r . Cowan and seconded by D r . M u r r a y that
Provision 5 of the Bacteriological Code should authorize a
list of p r e f e r r e d spellings f o r n a m e s of taxa and epithets,
and that wherever it i s s t a t e d i n the Bacteriological Code
that a spelling m a y be c o r r e c t e d , s u c h c o r r e c t i o n c a n only
be made with the approval of the Judicial Commission.
Approved spellings will be published in the l i s t of p r e f e r r e d
spellings. This w a s approved .unanimously and the C h a i r m a n
was a s k e d to p r e p a r e the n e c e s s a r y addition o r change to
P r o v i s i o n 5 and to r e p o r t to the next meeting.
D r a f t P r o p o s a l s 5 2 , 5 3 , 5 4 , 5 5 and 56(pp. 57-58)were approved
unanimously.
Draft P r o p o s a l 57 (p. 59). In the l a s t line of the p a r a g r a p h
labelled 5 the word may should be substituted f o r the word
will.
As amended, the d r a f t proposal was approved unanimously.
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Draft P r o p o s a l 58 (p. 60) was amended to r e a d as follows:
P r o v i s i o n 4, Section B, Subsection 8. One o r other of the
P e r m a n e n t S e c r e t a r i e s s h a l l b e designated a m e m b e r of e a c h
subcommittee and shall be responsible only for advising the
s p e c i a l i s t subcommittee on the i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of the B a c t e r i ological Code.
With this amendment the proposal was approvedunanimously.
Draft P r o p o s a l 59 (pp. 60-62). I t w a s p r o p o s e d t h a t the words
second o r should be i n s e r t e d before the word casting i n p a r agraph 7. With this amendment the d r a f t proposal was unanimously approved.
Draft P r o p o s a l 60 (p. 62). It was proposed that p a r a g r a p h 2
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be amended t o r e a d as follows:
b . If no nomination i s m a d e by the C o m m i s s i o n e r , the Judicia1 C o m m i s s i o n will elect an a l t e r n a t e f r o m m e m b e r s of the
C o n g r e s s , p r e f e r a b l y m e m b e r s of the Committee on B a c t e r iological Nomenclature.
The C o m m i s s i o n was adjourned until September 5th, 1953.
MEETING O F 5th SEPTEMBER, 1953
P r e s e n t were: P r o f . R . E . Buchanan(Chairman), D r . C . H .
Andrewes, P r o f . A . J . Kluyver, P r o f . E. G. D. M u r r a y ,
P r o f . Th. Thjdtta, and D r . S . T. Cowan and P r o f . T . Wikdn
(Secretaries).
Alternates p r e s e n t w e r e Miss V. C r o s s l e y
(for Dr Ramsbottom), D r . R . Love11 (for P r o f . C . B. van
Niel) and Dr Joan Taylor (for P r o f . E . Renaux).
.
.
Minute 5 (continued)
Draft P r o p o s a l 49 (pp. 55-56). The C h a i r m a n ' s r e c o m m e n d a tion was approved unanimously that Rule 27 Note 5 should
have the following added a t the end of the f i r s t sentence:
"(See P r o v i s i o n 5 B 5)",and that Note 6 should become Note
7; the Draft P r o p o s a l 49 should become Rule 27 Note 6;
other changes in the lettering of the Recommendations of
Rule 27 should be: 27 j becomes 27 h; 27 k b e c o m e s 27 j ;
27 1 becomes 27 k; 27 m becomes 27 1; 27 n becomes 27 m .
Draft P r o p o s a l 51 (p. 57 and Bulletin, Vol. 1, p . 31). At
the end of the f i r s t sentence of P r o v i s i o n 5 B 5 add "and a
list of p r e f e r r e d spellings of n a m e s and taxa and specific
epithets
Appendix B. At the end of the f i r s t p a r a g r a p h of Appendix B
the l a s t sentence is t o be r e v i s e d to r e a d : "Authors of new
n a m e s a r e u r g e d t o make choices i n conformity with the following recommendations. C o r r e c t i o n s of spellings of existing n a m e s authorized by this appendix should be approved by
the Judicial Commission and included in t h e l i s t of p r e f e r r e d
spellings ( P r o v . 5 B 5 ) .
These changes w e r e approved unanimously.
.
Draft P r o p o s a l 61.
Rule 27 Recommendation 27c(4), i n s e r t
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at end of t h i r d sentence: "the Scandinavian B (ti), ae (a) and
become E,
and aa." Also i n Recommendation 27 d add
the following sentence: "The Scandinavian 6 (6), ae (a) and
become oe, a e and aa".
These changes w e r e p r o p o s e d by Dr. Thjdtta and approved
unanimously.
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Draft P r o p o s a l 62. The Chairman and S e c r e t a r i e s w e r e ins t r u c t e d t o p r e p a r e a n amendment to P r o v i s i o n 5 B 2 to modify the methods of requesting and challenging Official OPINIONS. Requests for OPINIONS should be accompanied by a
fully documented statement of the relevant f a c t s ; any challenge of a n OPINION should a l s o be accompanied by a r e a soned and documented argument.
Minute 6 . It was a g r e e d unanimously that the OPINION on
the g e n e r i c name Bacillus i s s u e d in 1936 should be r e f e r r e d
to as OPINION A (1 93 6 ) .
OPINION 4, conserving the g e n e r i c name Bacterium had been
challenged by D r s . Borman, Kauffmann and o t h e r s . It was
a g r e e d that the two original r e q u e s t s for the conservation o r
rejection of the name Bacterium should be r e f e r r e d to the
Nomenclature Committee.
OPINION 3 , relating t o t h e gender of n a m e s of b a c t e r i a l gene r a having - b a c t e r as the final component, had been challenged
telegraphically by D r . R . S. B r e e d . After consideration the
Commission unanimously confirmed its adherence to the
original OPINION.
'm
Minute 7 .
OPINIONS requested but not y e t approved. F i l e
75) was approved i n principle with the r e q u e s t that
i t be r e f e r r e d to the Botanical Committee on B a c t e r i a with
the suggestion that c o n c u r r e n t action is d e s i r a b l e .
F i l e No. 6 .
No action taken and the file closed.
F i l e No. 8. (p. 77) The following OPINION was approved.
"The generic name Chlorobacterium Guillebeau 1890 s h a l l be
placed in the l i s t of nomina generum r e j i c i e n d a . "
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F i l e No. 23 (p. 78). The consensus ofopinionwas t h a t i t m a y
be well to c o n s e r v e Staphylococcus, but that a final decision
should be d e f e r r e d until experimental work on both sides of
the Atlantic has made p r o g r e s s .
A new type s t r a i n for Staphylococcus a u r e u s h a s been p r o posed by Cowan, Shaw and Williams (in p r e s s ) .
F i l e No. 28 (p. 79).
imously.
The d r a f t proposal was approvedunan-
F i l e No. 37 (pp. 79-80). The Commission approved i n p r i n ciple the conservation of Streptococcus agalactiae, but with
instructions to the Editorial Board to d i s c u s s with the p r o ponents of this conservation before designating the authority
for the name.
F i l e No. 39 (p. 80). Action postponed.
F i l e No. 41 (p. 80). The original spelling of the specific
epithet was equuli. A f o r m a l OPINION is considered unnece s sa r y ,
F i l e No. 4 9 ( p . 80-81). The following OPINIONwas approved:
"Gallionella Ehrenberg shall be placed in the l i s t of nomina
generum conservanda with the type s p e c i e s Gallionella
f e r r u g i n e a Ehrenberg. ' I
The Botanical Committee on B a c t e r i a is a s k e d to d i s c u s s
with the appropriate (botanical committee the rejection of
Gallionella Ehrenberg as a genus of algae.
F i l e No. 52 (p. 81).
approved.
The d r a f t proposal i n the Bulletin was
F i l e No. 53 (p. 81 -82). Action postponeduntil t h e r e has been
a r e p o r t f r o m the Subcommittee on V i r u s e s .
F i l e No. 54 (p. 82-84). Shigella s p e c i e s nomenclature and
citation of authority.
The first sentence of Draft proposal 1 was approved with the
deletion of "(was not)" and "(is not)!'.
With the deletion of "(is not)" i n all t h r e e proposals, Draft
P r o p o s a l s 2 , 3 and 4 w e r e approved unanimously.
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Draft P r o p o s a l 5. The first sentence was amended to r e a d
as follows:
"A type o r s t a n d a r d culture is t o b e designated by the E n t e r obacteriaceae Subcommittee of the International Nomenclat u r e Committee for each of the four s p e c i e s .
A new Draft P r o p o s a l 6 was proposed by D r . M u r r a y and
seconded by D r . Cowan and was approved unanimously.
P r o p o s a l 6 r e a d as follows: A culture belonging to the s p e c i e s Shigella flexneri , Shigella boydii, Shigella sonnei could
be completely identified by appending to the name t l s e r o t y p e .
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It
F i l e No. 57 (p. 84) was approved unanimously.
F i l e N o . 4 9 ( p . 85-86). D r a f t P r o p o s a l s 1 and 2 w e r e approved
unanimously.
F i l e No. 56 (pp. 87-108).
The following n a m e s w e r e approved f o r conservation:
Beggiatoa, Klebsiella , Kurthia, N e i s s e r i a , Nocardia , Pas t e u r e l l a and Leptotrichia.
T r e v i s a n ' s generic n a m e s l i s t e d f o r rejection:
Babesia, B a c t e r i o p s i s , Billetia, Cenomesia, C o r n i l i a ,
Dic occia, Eucornilia, Eumantegaezaea , Eupacinia , E u s p i r
illum, Leptotrichiella, Mantegazzaea, Octopsis , P e r r o n c i toa, P l e u r ospor a, P s eudos p i r a , and P s eudospirillum
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T r e v i s a n ' s generic names that a r e illegitimate because synonyms of e a r l i e r generic names:
B olling e r a, R a s mu ss enia, Schue tzia , W inog r a d s ky a.
The following generic n a m e s of T r e v i s a n r e q u i r e f u r t h e r
study before the p r e p a r a t i o n of a n OPINION:
P a c i n i a and Gaffkya.
F i l e No. 65 (p. 109-110). The following n a m e s o f b a c t e r i a l
g e n e r a a r e illegitimate as they a r e l a t e r homonyms of p r o tozoa:
Astasia Mayer, Astasia P r i b r a m , Castellanella Pacheco and
Rodrigues,
Charon Holmes, Coccomonas O r l a - J e n s e n ,
L i s t e r e l l a P i r i e , P a l m u l a P r e v o t , P f e i f f e r e l l a Buchanan ,
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Phytomonas Bergey e t a l ,
Rhodosphaera Buc hanan.
Rhizomonas Orla- J e n s e n ,
Draft P r o p o s a l ( p . 114) was approved unanimously
and
.
The meeting adjourned until Tuesday, 8th September 1953 at
16.00 h o u r s .
MEETING O F 8th SEPTEMBER, 1953
P r e s e n t w e r e : P r o f . R . E. Buchanan (Chairman), P r o f . A .
J. Kluyver,
P r o f . E. G. D. M u r r a y , P r o f . Th. Thjg5tta
and D r . S. T. Cowan and P r o f . T . Wikdn(Permanent S e c r e t a r i e s ) . P r o f . A. A. Miles attended a s a l t e r n a t e for D r . C .
H. Andrewes.
Minute 7 .
P r o p o s a l to amend the Bacteriological Code.
Draft P r o p o s a l 62, r e f e r r e d f r o m the meeting of 5th Septemb e r , was submitted f o r consideration. The proposal, which
was a g r e e d to unanimously, r e a d :
I n s e r t between the first and second sentences of P r o
vision 5 B 2 the following: "A r e q u e s t for a n OPINION should
be accompanied by a fully documented s t a t e m e n t of the r e l e vant f a c t s ; when a r e q u e s t is not supported by adequate evidence it s h a l l be r e t u r n e d t o the s e n d e r for revision. When
a n OPINION is challenged the b a s i s of the challenge s h a l l be
stated and supported by a documented statement of the r e l e vant f a c t s . I '
An annotation could explain that the Commission will indicate
the deficiences of the statement and will suggest how it could
be improved.
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Minute 8 . Report of the Editorial Board
D r . Buchanan, C h a i r m a n of the Board, reviewed the h i s t o r y
of the establishment of the International Bulletin of B a c t e r i olorrical Nomenclature and Taxonomy. He r e p o r t e d difficulties i n producing such a bulletin without adequate financial
backing. However, financial support f r o m s e v e r a l scientific
bodies had been provided and this help was g r e a t l y a p p r e ciated. The circulation of the Bulletin is s t i l l s m a l l , but a n
Y
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increasing demand f r o m l i b r d r i e s c a n be expected. Dr
M u r r a y proposed that enquiries should be made i n Holland
and elsewhere as to the c o s t of printing the BULLETIN by
lithography
.
The Report was adopted unanimously.
Minute 9. Reference back of OPINION 4
At i t s meeting on 7th September the Nomenclature Committee
had r e f e r r e d back to the Commission OPINION 4 with the instruction to r e j e c t t h e generic name B a c t e r i u m and the family name B a c t e r i a c e a e .
I t was a g r e e d that time was needed to p r e p a r e a r e v i s i o n of
OPINION 4 .
The C h a i r m a n will p r e p a r e OPINION 4 ( r e v i s e d ) rejecting
the generic name Bacterium and the family name B a c t e r iaceae.
The d r a f t will be circulated t o the C o m m i s s i o n e r s
and-postal approval of i t s wording will be sought.
Minute 10. Choice of the type s t r a i n of the s p e c i e s E s c h e r i c h i a coli. D r . Cowan r e p o r t e d that he had asked v a r i o u s
experts to examine the descendant of E s c h e r i c h ' s original
s t r a i n of Bacterium coli commune (NCTC 86, ATCC 4157).
The experts a g r e e d that the s t r a i n was culturally and biochemically typical, but unfortunately was not typable s e r o logically. D r . Cowan was asked to explore the possibilityof
selecting as type a s t r a i n that was serologically typable.
The meeting adjourned until F r i d a y , September 11th.
MEETING O F 11t h SEPTEMBER, 1953
.
P r e s e n t were: P r o f . R . E . Buchanan(Chairman), D r . C . H
Andrewes, P r o f . A . J. Kluyver, P r o f . E. G . D. M u r r a y ,
P r o f . Th. Thjbtta, and D r . H. B o r t e l s , D r . S. T. Cowan
and P r o f . T . WikCn (Joint S e c r e t a r i e s ) .
Minute 11.
New C o m m i s s i o n e r s
The C l a s s of 1962 consists of
P r o f . R . E. Buchanan
P r o f . A. J. Kluyver
P r o f . A . A. Miles
P r o f . E. G. D. M u r r a y
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Minute 12. Election of Officers
P r o f . R . E. Buchanan was unanimously r e - e l e c t e d c h a i r m a n .
P r o f . C. B . van Niel was elected V i c e - c h a i r m a n ,
Minute 13. Adjournment
P r o f . Buchanan asked the S e c r e t a r i e s to e x p r e s s the g r a t i tude of the Commission to the Director and m e m b e r s of the
s t a f f of the Istituto di Igiene for all the help they have r e n d e r e d which has made it possible for the Commission to do
so much work.
The Commission unanimously e x p r e s s e s its thanks to P r o f .
Buchanan f o r the work he had put into p r e p a r a t i o n s for the
meeting, and for his Chairmanship during the m e e t i n g s .
Thanks w e r e a l s o e x p r e s s e d t o the Joint S e c r e t a r i e s .
The Commission adjourned at 4:45 p . m .
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