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J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature

Acknowledgements

The author greatly appreciates the information he received following the previous editions. He would especially like to thank, for their help and advice:

. Dr. E. Abeln: Netherlands Culture Collection of Bacteria (NCCB) - The Netherlands.

. Dr. D.R. Arahal: Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sevilla - Spain.

. Dr. J.-F. Bernardet: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Jouy-en-Josas - France.

. Dr. F. Bimet: Institut Pasteur Collection (CIP) - France.

. Dr. Ch. Bizet: Institut Pasteur Collection (CIP) - France.

. Dr. R. Christen: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) & Université Paris 6 - France.

. Dr. P. Dawyndt: Ghent University & StrainInfo.net bioportal - Belgium.

. Dr R. Dunford: Journals Manager, Society for General Microbiology (SGM) - U.K.

. Dr. E. Falsen: Culture Collection, University of Göteborg (CCUG) - Sweden.

. Dr. W. Frederiksen: Statens Seruminstitut, København - Denmark.

. Dr. L. Gardan: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) - France.

. Dr. P.A.D. Grimont: Institut Pasteur de Paris (IPP) - France.

. Dr. K. Hatano: Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NBRC) - Japan.

. Dr. D. Janssens: Collection of the Laboratorium voor Microbiologie en Microbiele Genetica (LMG) - Belgium.

. Dr. T. Kudo: Japan Collection of Microorganisms (JCM) - Japan.

. Dr. J. Kuever: Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology - Germany.

. Dr. D.P. Labeda: Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection - U.S.A.

. Dr. J. Ma: Information Network Center & Institute of Microbiology (Chinese Academy of Sciences) - China.

. Dr. P. Meyers: University of Cape Town, Cape Town - South Africa.

. Dr. Y. Nakagawa: Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NBRC) - Japan.

. Dr. A. Oren: Division of Microbial and Molecular Ecology, the Institute of Life Sciences, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Israel.

. Dr. A.C. Parte: Managing Editor, Bergey's Manual Trust - U.S.A.

. Dr. L.A. Robertson: Delft University of Technology - The Netherlands.

. Dr. K. Rowlett: Senior Staff Editor, IJSEM Editorial Office - U.K.

. Dr. M. Scourfield: Senior Staff Editor, IJSEM - U.K.

. Dr. S. Spring: Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSMZ) - Germany.

. Dr. E. Stackebrandt: Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSMZ) - Germany.

. Dr. K.I. Suzuki: Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NBRC) - Japan.

. Dr. T. Tamura: Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NBRC) - Japan.

. Dr. B.J. Tindall: Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSMZ) - Germany.

. Dr. H.G. Trüper: Institute for Microbiology & Biotechnology, University of Bonn - Germany.

. Dr. P. Vandamme: Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Universiteit Gent - Belgium.

. B. Verslyppe: StrainInfo.net bioportal - Belgium.

. Dr. N. Weiss: Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSMZ) - Germany.

. Dr. W.B. Whitman: Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia; Director of the Editorial Office and Supervising Editor (Bergey's Manual Trust) - U.S.A.

. Dr. D.R. Zeigler: Bacillus Genetic Stock Center (BGSC) - U.S.A.

. Dr. P. Yarza: Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats (CSIC-UIB) - Spain.

Béatrice Euzéby is gratefully acknowledged for her help.