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

Grammatical or orthographical errors

Introduction:

The names cited below are incorrect but they appear in the Approved Lists, or in Validation Lists, or in Notification Lists. The aim of this file is to draw attention to the way of forming a correct name in order to avoid errors.

Please, note that the Note for Rule 61 has been modified by the Judicial Commission (August 1999, Sydney, Australia).
The new Note states: "The liberty of correcting a name or epithet under Rules 61, 62a and 62b must be used with reserve, especially if the change affects the first syllable and above all the first letter of name or epithet. Except for changes of gender in specific epithets when species are transferred to other genera (nov. comb.) no grammatical or orthographic corrections will be accepted for names on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, the Validation Lists and the Notification Lists".
The first Notification List was published in the July 1991 issue of the IJSB and it listed names validly published in the January 1991 issue. Consequently, only names validly published in the IJSB, between January 1980 (included) and October 1990 (included), can be corrected.

Warning: this list is certainly not exhaustive!

References:
. DE VOS (P.) and TRÜPER (H.G.): Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology IXth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 14, 15 and 18 August 1999, Sydney, Australia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2000, 50, 2239-2244.
. LABEDA (D.P.): International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology IXth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 14 and 17 August 1999, Sydney, Australia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2000, 50, 2245-2247.

Abiotrophia adiacens (Bouvet et al. 1989) Kawamura et al. 1995, comb. nov.
According to Recommendation 6 (7), the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to adjacens (L. part. adj. adjacens entis, adjacent).

Acetivibrio cellulolyticus Patel et al. 1980, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acetivibrio cellulosilyticus (N.L. n. cellulosum, cellulose; Gr. adj. lutikos, loosening, dissolving; N.L. adj. lyticus a um, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. cellulosilyticus, cellulose dissolving).

Acetivibrio cellulosolvens Khan et al. 1984, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acetivibrio cellulosisolvens (N.L. n. cellulosum, cellulose; L. part. adj. solvens, dissolving; N.L. part. adj. cellulosisolvens, cellulose dissolving).

Acetivibrio ethanolgignens Robinson and Ritchie 1981, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acetivibrio ethanoligignens (N.L. n. ethanol olis, ethanol; L. part. adj. gignens, giving birth to, producing; L. part. adj. ethanoligignens, producing ethanol).

Acetoanaerobium Sleat et al. 1985, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acetanaerobius (L. n. acetum, vinegar; Gr. pref. an, not; Gr. n. aer, air; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. masc. n. Acetanaerobius, vinegar anaerobe) because the second compound starts with a vowel and no extra connecting vowel is required (Appendix 9).

Acetoanaerobium noterae Sleat et al. 1985, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to noterense (N.L. neut. adj. noterense, referring to Notera).

Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acetibacter (L. n. acetum, vinegar; Gr. n. baktron, rod; N.L. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Acetibacter, vinegar rod).

Acetobacter (subgen. Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898) subgen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acetibacter (subgen. Acetibacter) (L. n. acetum, vinegar; Gr. n. baktron, rod; N.L. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Acetibacter, vinegar rod).

Acetobacter (subgen. Gluconoacetobacter Yamada and Kondo 1985) subgen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acetibacter (L. n. acetum, vinegar; Gr. n. baktron, rod; N.L. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Acetibacter, vinegar rod) (subgen. Gluconicacetibacter) (N.L. n. acidum gluconicum, gluconic acid; L. n. acetum, vinegar; no extra connecting vowel is required; Gr. n. baktron, rod; N.L. masc. n. Gluconicacetibacter, gluconate vinegar rod).

Acetobacter diazotrophicus Gillis et al. 1989, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to diazotitrophicus (Gr. pref. di, two, double; French n. azote, nitrogen; N.L. n. azotum i, nitrogen; Gr. adj. trophikos, nursing, tending or feeding; N.L. masc. adj. diazotitrophicus, one that feeds on dinitrogen).

Acetobacter tropicalis Lisdiyanti et al. 2001, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the sepcific epithet should be changed to tropicus (L. masc. adj. tropicus, tropical).

Acetobacter xylinus subsp. sucrofermentans corrig. Toyosaki et al. 1996, subsp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acetibacter xylinus subsp. sucrosifermentans (N.L. n. sucrosum, sucrose; L. part. adj. fermentans, fermenting; N.L. part. adj. sucrosifermentans, fermenting sucrose).

Acetobactereae Pribram 1929, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acetibactereae (see: Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898 [Approved Lists 1980]).

Acetobacterium Balch et al. 1977, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acetibacterium (L. n. acetum, vinegar; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Acetibacterium, a small vinegar rod).

Acetofilamentum Dietrich et al. 1989, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acetifilamentum (L. n. acetum, vinegar; L. n. filamentum, a fine thread; N.L. neut. n. Acetifilamentum, a fine vinegar thread).

Acetogenium Leigh and Wolfe 1983, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acetigenium (L. n. acetum, vinegar; Gr. v. suff. genium, producing; N.L. neut. n. Acetigenium, vinegar producing).

Acetogenium kivui Leigh and Wolfe 1983, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to kivuense (referring to Lake Kivu).

Acetohalobium Zhilina and Zavarzin 1990, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acetihalobius (L. n. acetum, vinegar; Gr. n. hals, the sea, salt; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. Acetihalobius, a vinegar organism living on salt).

Acetomicrobium Soutschek et al. 1985, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acetimicrobium (L. n. acetum, vinegar; Gr. adj. mikros, small; Gr. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. microbium, microbe; N.L. neut. n. Acetimicrobium, a small vinegar organism).

Acetonema Kane and Breznak 1992, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acetinema (L. n. acetum, vinegar; Gr. n. nema, thread; N.L. neut. n. Acetinema, a vinegar thread).

Acetothermus Dietrich et al. 1988, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acetithermus (L. n. acetum, vinegar; Gr. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. masc. n. Acetithermus, thermophilic vinegar bacterium).

Acholeplasma cavigenitalium Hill 1992, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to caviigenitaliarum (N.L. n. Cavia, generic name of the guinea pig; L. n. genitalia, the genitals; N.L. gen. pl. n. caviigenitaliarum, pertaining to guinea pig genitals).

Achromatium oxaliferum Schewiakoff 1893, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Achromatium oxalatiferum (N.L. n. oxalatum, oxalate; L. v. fero, carry; N.L. neut. adj. oxalatiferum, oxalate-containing).

Achromobacter Yabuuchi and Yano 1981 (non "Achromobacter" Bergey et al. 1923), gen. nov.
According to the rules of Latin and latinisation, the original spelling should be changed to Achromatobacter (Gr. pref. a, not; Gr. n. chroma atis, color; N.L. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Achromatobacter, colorless rodlet).

Acidaminobacter Stams and Hansen 1985, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acidaminibacter (N.L. n. acidum, acid; N.L. adj. aminus, amino; Gr. n. baktron, rod; N.L. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Acidaminibacter, the amino acid rod).

Acidaminobacter hydrogenoformans Stams and Hansen 1985, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to hydrogeniformans (N.L. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen; L. v. formare, to fashion; N.L. part. adj. hydrogeniformans, hydrogen forming).

Acidaminococcus Rogosa 1969, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acidaminicoccus (N.L. n. acidum, acid; N.L. adj. aminus, amino; no extra connecting vowel is required; Gr. n. coccos, a grain; N.L. masc. n. Acidaminicoccus, the amino acid coccus).

Acidianus Segerer et al. 1986, gen. nov.
According to Recommendation 6 (7), the original spelling should be changed to Acidijanus (L. adj. acidus a um, sour; N.L. n. acidum i, acid; L. masc. n. Janus, a mythical Roman figure with two faces looking in opposite; N.L. masc. n. Acidijanus, acidic bifaced [bacterium], reflecting the growth conditions and the metabolism of the organisms).

Acidimicrobium ferrooxidans Clark and Norris 1996, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acidimicrobium ferroxydans (L. n. ferrum, iron; Gr. adj. oxus, acid or sour and in combined words indicating oxygen; N.L. v. oxydo, to make acid, to oxidize; no extra connecting vowel is required; N.L. part. adj. ferroxydans, iron-oxidizing).

Acidiphilium Harrison 1981, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acidiphilum (N.L. n. acidum, an acid; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. n. Acidiphilum, acid lover).

Acidiphilium acidophilum (Harrison 1983) Hiraishi et al. 1998, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to acidiphilum (L. adj. acidus a um, sour; N.L. n. acidum, acid; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. adj. acidiphilum, acid-loving).

Acidiphilium multivorum Wakao et al. 1995, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to multivorax (L. comp. adj. multus, many; L. adj. vorax, voracious; N.L. neut. adj. multivorax, organism that use many organic compounds).

Acidiphilium organovorum Lobos et al. 1986, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to organivorax (N.L. n. organum, organic compound; L. adj. vorax, voracious; N.L. neut. adj. organivorax, organism that use organic compounds).

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans (Temple and Colmer 1951) Kelly and Wood 2000, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acidithiobacillus ferroxydans (L. n. ferrum, iron; Gr. adj. oxus, acid or sour and in combined words indicating oxygen; N.L. v. oxydo, to make acid, oxidize; no extra connecting vowel is required; N.L. part. adj. ferroxydans, iron-oxidizing).

Acidobacterium Kishimoto et al. 1991, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acidibacterium (N.L. n. acidum, acid; L. neut. n. bacterium; N.L. neut. n. Acidibacterium, rod-shaped acidophilic organism).

Acidocella Kishimoto et al. 1996, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acidicella (N.L. n. acidum, acid; L. n. cella, little room, cell (biology); N.L. fem. n. Acidicella, acidophilic cell).

Acidocella aminolytica (Kishimoto et al. 1994) Kishimoto et al. 1996, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to aminilytica (N.L. n. aminum, amine; Gr. adj. lutikos: able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus a um, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. aminilytica, amine dissolving).

Acidomonas Urakami et al. 1989, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acidimonas (L. adj. acidus, acid; L. fem. n. monas, unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Acidimonas, acidophilic monad).

Acidothermaceae Rainey et al. 1997 (complete authorship reads Rainey, Ward-Rainey and Stackebrandt), fam. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acidithermaceae (see: Acidothermus Mohagheghi et al. 1986).

Acidothermus Mohagheghi et al. 1986, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acidithermus (L. adj. acidus a um, sour, acid; Gr. n. thermus, heat; N.L. masc. n. Acidithermus, acid and heat [loving]).

Acidothermus cellulolyticus Mohagheghi et al. 1986, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to cellulosilyticus (N.L. n. cellulosum, cellulose; Gr. adj. lutikos, loosening, dissolving; N.L. adj. lyticus a um, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. cellulosilyticus, cellulose dissolving).

Acidovorax Willems et al. 1990, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acidivorax (N.L. n. acidum, acid; L. adj. vorax, voracious; N.L. masc. n. Acidivorax, acid devouring [bacteria]).

Acinetobacter Brisou and Prévot 1954, nom. approb.
According to Recommendation 6 (7), the original spelling should be changed to Akinetobacter (Gr. adj. akinetos, unable to move; Gr. n. baktron, rod; N.L. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Akinetobacter, nonmotile rod).

Acinetobacter calcoaceticus (Beijerinck 1911) Baumann et al. 1968, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Acinetobacter calcaceticicus (L. n. calx calcis, chalk; N.L. n. acidum aceticum, acetic acid; no extra connecting vowel is required; L. suff. -icus -a -um, related to; N.L. adj. calcaceticicus, related to the calcium acetate, which was used by Beijerinck in the enrichment medium from which he isolated the organism).

Acinetobacter haemolyticus (ex Stenzel and Mannheim 1963) Bouvet and Grimont 1986, sp. nov., nom. rev., comb. nov.
According to the rules of Latin and latinisation, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to haematolyticus (Gr. n. haema atis, blood; Gr. adj. lutikos, loosening, dissolving; N.L. adj. lyticus a um, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. haematolyticus, blood dissolving).

Actinoalloteichus Tamura et al. 2000, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization the original spelling should be changed to Actinalloteichus (Gr. n. aktis aktinos, a ray, beam; Gr. adj. allos, different; Gr. n. teichos, wall; N.L. masc. n. Actinalloteichus, actinomycete with a different wall) because the second compound starts with a vowel and no extra connecting vowel is required (Appendix 9).

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans (Klinger 1912) Topley and Wilson 1929, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to actinomyceticomitans (Gr. n. aktis, a ray; Gr. n. mukês -êtos, mushroom or other fungus, a fungus; N.L. n. actinomyces etis, an actinomycete; L. part. adj. comitans, accompanying; N.L. part. adj. actinomyceticomitans, accompanying an actinomycete).

Actinobacillus scotiae Foster et al. 1998, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to scoticus (L. adj. scoticus a um, referring to Scotia, Latin name of Scotland).

Actinobacillus succinogenes Guettler et al. 1999, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to succinicigenes (N.L. n. acidum succinicum, succinic acid; Gr. v. gennao, produce; N.L. part. adj. succinicigenes, succinic acid-producing).

Actinocorallia Iinuma et al. 1994, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Actinocorallium, because the Greek noun korallion or the Latin noun corrallium are in the neuter gender.

Actinomadura atramentaria Miyadoh et al. 1987, sp. nov.
The etymology proposed by Miyadoh et al. 1987, is the following: L. adj. atramentarius a um (sic), inky. However, the Latin adjective atramentarius does not exist and the nomenclatural names atra (L. adj. ater tra trum, black) or atrata (L. adj. atratus a um, darken) seem better than atramentaria (in Latin, atramentarium ii is a noun (inkpot) and atramentaria is the plural nominative case).

Actinomadura coerulea Preobrazhenskaya et al. 1975, nom. approb.
In strict accordance with the rules of Latin and latinization, the spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to caerulea (L. adj. caeruleus a um, not coeruleus a um, blue) - Reference: SAUSY (L.): Grammaire latine, eighth edition, 1995, Librairie Fernand Lanore, Paris, p. 4.

Actinomadura coeruleofusca Preobrazhenskaya and Sveshnikova 1974, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Actinomadura coeruleifusca (L. adj. coeruleus a um, blue; N.L. adj. fuscus a um, brown; N.L. fem. adj. coeruleifusca, blue-brown). In strict accordance with the rules of Latin and latinization, the spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to caeruleifusca (L. adj. caeruleus a um, not coeruleus a um). - Reference: SAUSY (L.): Grammaire latine, eighth edition, 1995, Librairie Fernand Lanore, Paris, p. 4.

Actinomadura coeruleoviolacea Preobrazhenskaya and Terekhova 1987, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Actinomadura coeruleiviolacea (L. adj. coeruleus a um, blue; L. adj. violaceus a um, violet colored; N.L. fem. adj. coeruleiviolacea, blue-violet). In strict accordance with the rules of Latin and latinization, the spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to caeruleiviolacea (L. adj. caeruleus a um, not coeruleus a um). - Reference: SAUSY (L.): Grammaire latine, eighth edition, 1995, Librairie Fernand Lanore, Paris, p. 4.

Actinomadura libanotica Meyer 1981, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Actinomadura libana (L. adj. libanus a um, referring to Libanus, Latin name of Lebanon).

Actinomadura luteofluorescens (Shinobu 1962) Preobrazhenskaya et al. 1975, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Actinomadura luteifluorescens (L. adj. luteus a um, yellow; N.L. v. fluoresco, fluoresce; N.L. part. adj. luteifluorescens, with a yellow fluorescence).

Actinomadura madurae (Vincent 1894) Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1968, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Actinomadura madurensis (referring to Madura).

Actinomadura roseoviolacea Nonomura and Ohara 1971, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to roseiviolacea (L. adj. roseus a um, rosy; L. adj. violaceus a um, violet colored; N.L. fem. adj. roseiviolacea, rosy, violet colored).

Actinomadura rubrobrunea (ex Krasil'nikov et al. 1968) Kroppenstedt et al. 1991, sp. nov., nom. rev., comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Actinomadura rubribrunea (L. adj. ruber bra brum, red; N.L. adj. brunus or bruneus a um, brown; N.L. fem. adj. rubribrunea, reddish brown).

Actinomadura rugatobispora Miyadoh et al. 1991, nom. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Actinomadura rugatibispora (L. part. rugatus a um, wrinkled; Gr. adj. bis, two; Gr. n. spora, a seed; N.L. n. rugatibispora, two wrinkled spores).

Actinomadura verrucosospora Nonomura and Ohara 1971, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Actinomadura verrucosispora (L. adj. verrucosus a um, warty; Gr. n. spora, seed; N.L. fem. adj. verrucosispora, referring to the warty surface of the spores).

Actinomadura yumaensis Labeda et al. 1985, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Actinomadura yumensis (referring to Yuma County).

Actinomyces hordeovulneris Buchanan et al. 1984, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Actinomyces hordeivulneris (N.L. n. Hordeum, genus of grass; L. n. vulnus eris, wound, injury; N.L. gen. n. hordeivulneris, of Hordeum injury).

Actinomyces humiferus Gledhill and Casida 1969, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet, should be changed to humilatus (L. n. humus, soil; L. adj. part. latus a um, borne; N.L. masc. adj.humilatus, soil-borne).

Actinomycineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997, subord. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Actinomycetineae (Gr. n. aktis aktinos, ray; Gr. n. mukês -êtos, mushroom or other fungus; N.L. n. Actinomyces Actinomycetis, a generic name; suff. -ineae, ending to denote a suborder; N.L. fem. n. Actinomycetineae, the Actinomyces suborder).

Actinoplanes auranticolor (Couch 1963) Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to aurantiicolor (N.L. n. aurantium, a bitter orange; L. n. color, tint, hue; N.L. adj. aurantiicolor, orange coloured). The adjectives aurantiicoloratus (L. part. adj. coloratus a um, coloured) or aurantiicolorius (L. adj. colorius a um, coloured) seems better than aurantiicolor.

Actinoplanes deccanensis Parenti et al. 1975, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Actinoplanes deccensis (referring to Decca).

Actinoplanes digitatis (Couch 1963) Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to digitatus (L. masc. adj. digitatus, having fingers).

Actinopolyspora iraqiensis Ruan et al. 1994, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Actinopolyspora iraqensis (referring to Iraq).

Actinopolyspora mortivallis Yoshida et al. 1991, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to vallismortis (N.L. gen. n. vallismortis, of the Death Valley). In Latin, the basic noun comes first, the determining word (adjective or noun) second. However this proposal affects the first syllable of the name and it should be avoided.

Actinosporangium vitaminophilum Shomura et al. 1983, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Actinosporangium vitaminiphilum (L. n. vita, life; N.L. n. aminum, amine; N.L. n. vitaminum, vitamin; Gr. adj. philon, loving; N.L. neut. adj. vitaminiphilum, vitamin-loving).

Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. achromogenes (Smith 1963) Schubert 1967, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the subspecific epithet should be changed to achromatogenes (Gr. pref. a, not; Gr. n. chroma -atos, color; Gr. v. gennao, produce; N.L. part. adj. achromatogenes, not producing color).

Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. pectinolytica Pavan et al. 2000, subsp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the subspecific epithet should be changed to pectinilytica (Gr. adj. pêktos, congealed; N.L. n. pectinum i, pectin; Gr. adj. lutikos: able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus a um dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. pectinilytica, pectin-dissolving).

Agitococcus Franzmann and Skerman 1981, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Agiticoccus (L. v. agitare, to shake; Gr. n. coccos, grain, berry; N.L. masc. n. Agiticoccus, shaking coccus) or Agitaticoccus (L. part. adj. agitatus, movable).

Agromyces mediolanus (ex Mamoli 1939) Suzuki et al. 1996, sp. nov., nom. rev., comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Agromyces mediolanensis (L. adj. mediolanensis is e, referring to Mediolanum, Latin name of Milan).

Alcaligenes aquamarinus (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Hendrie et al. 1974, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Alcaligenes aquimarinus (L. n. aqua, water; L. adj. marinus a um, of the sea; N.L. masc. adj. aquimarinus, pertaining to sea water).

Alicyclobacillus Wisotzkey et al. 1992, gen. nov.
According to Recommendation 6 (7), the original spelling should be changed to Alikyklobacillus (Gr. adj. aliphos, fat; Gr. n. kyklos, circle; connecting vowel, o; L. n. bacillus, a little staff, rod; N.L. masc. n. Alikyklobacillus, small rods containing circular fatty acids). It is also possible to correct the name to Alicyclibacillus (Gr. adj. aliphos, fat; L. n. cyclus i, circle; connecting vowel, i; L. n. bacillus, a little staff, rod; N.L. masc. n. Alicyclibacillus, small rods containing circular fatty acids).

Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius (Darland and Brock 1971) Wisotzkey et al. 1992, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Alicyclobacillus acidicaldarius (N.L. n. acidum, acid; L. adj. caldarius a um, pertaining to warm or hot; N.L. masc. adj. acidicaldarius, pertaining to acid thermal [habitats]).

Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris (Deinhard et al. 1988) Wisotzkey et al. 1992, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Alicyclobacillus aciditerrestris (N.L. n. acidum, acid; L. adj. terrestris is e, from the earth; N.L. masc. adj. aciditerrestris, acid loving and isolated from soil).

Alicyclobacillus cycloheptanicus (Deinhard et al. 1988) Wisotzkey et al. 1992, comb. nov.
According to Recommendation 6 (7), the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to kykloheptanicus (Gr. n. kyklos, circle; connecting vowel, o; Gr. n. hepta, seven; N.L. masc. adj. kykloheptanicus, referring to the w -cycloheptane fatty acids in the cell membrane).

Alkalibacterium olivapovliticus corrig. Ntougias and Russell 2001, sp. nov.
For the specific epithet, Ntougias and Russell propose the following etymology: L. n. olivo (sic), olives; Gr. n. apovlito (sic), waste disposal; N.L. gen. (sic) n. (sic), olivoapovliticus (sic) from the waste of olives.
Subsequently olivoapovliticus has been corrected to olivapovliticus because the second compound starts with a vowel.
There are a lot of problems with the etymology of olivapovliticus: (i) in Latin, olive = oliva (not olivo); (ii) apovlito is a modern Greek noun meaning waste, refuse; and (iii) the ending -icus is a Latin suffix (-icus -a -um) used for adjectives and the specific epithet should be an adjective (not a noun in the genitive case).
Alkalibacterium is in the neuter gender and the ending of the epithet should be -icum. It is not easy to propose a correct epithet. I suggest olivapopsematicum (L. fem. n. oliva -ae, olive; Gr. fem. n. apopsema -atos, waste, refuse; L. suff. -icus -a -um, related to; N.L. neut. adj. olivapopsematicum, from the waste of olives).

Alkalilimnicola corrig. Yakimov et al. 2001, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Alkalilimnocola (Arabic article al, the; Arabic n. qaliy, ashes of saltwort; Gr. n. limnos, lake; connecting vowel -o-; L. suff. -cola, a dweller of; N.L. masc. n. Alkalilimnocola, a dweller of alkaline lakes) or Alkalilimnincola (Arabic article al, the; Arabic n. qaliy, ashes of saltwort; Gr. n. limnos, lake; L. n. incola, a dweller; no extra connecting vowel is required because the last compound starts with a vowel; Alkalilimnincola, a dweller of alkaline lakes).

Alloiococcus Aguirre and Collins 1992, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Allococcus (Gr. adj. allos (not alloios), different; Gr. n. coccos, grain, berry; N.L. masc. n. Allococcus, different coccus).

Allorhizobium de Lajudie et al. 1998, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Allorhizobius, because the Greek noun bios is in the masculine gender.

Alterococcus Shieh and Jean 1999, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Altericoccus (L. adj. alter tera terum (gen. alterius), another; Gr. n. coccus, a grain; N.L. masc. n. Altericoccus, another coccus).

Alterococcus agarolyticus Shieh and Jean 1999, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to agarilyticus (Malayan n. agar, agar; N.L. n. agarum i, agar; Gr. adj. lutikos: able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. masc. adj. agarilyticus, agar-dissolving).

Alteromonas Baumann et al. 1972, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Alterimonas (L. adj. alter era erum, another; L. fem. n. monas, a unit; N.L. fem. n. Alterimonas, another monad).

Alteromonas carrageenovora Akagawa-Matsushita et al. 1992, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to carrageenivorax (N.L. n. carrageenum, carrageen, another name for carrageenan; L. adj. vorax, devouring; N.L. fem. adj. carrageenivorax, carrageenan decomposing).

Alteromonas espejiana Chan et al. 1978, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to espejoana (named after R.T. Espejo, adjectival form).

Alteromonas luteoviolacea (ex Gauthier 1976) Gauthier 1982, sp. nov., nom. rev.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to luteiviolacea (L. adj. luteus a um, yellow; L. adj. violaceus a um, violet; N.L. fem. adj. luteiviolacea, yellow-violet).

Amaricoccus Maszenan et al. 1997, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Amarococcus (Gr. n. amara, sewage duct; Gr. n. coccos, grain, berry; N.L. masc. n. Amarococcus, coccus from sewage duct).

Aminobacter Urakami et al. 1992, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Aminibacter (N.L. n. aminum, amine; Gr. n. baktron, rod; N.L. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Aminibacter, amine rod).

Aminobacter aminovorans (den Dooren de Jong 1926) Urakami et al. 1992, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to aminivorans (N.L. n. aminum, amine; L. part. adj. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. aminivorans, amine digesting).

Aminobacter niigataensis Urakami et al. 1992, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to niigatensis (referring to the Niigata region of Japan).

Aminobacterium Baena et al. 1999, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Aminibacterium (N.L. n. aminum i, amine; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Aminibacterium, amine rod).

Aminomonas Baena et al. 1999, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Aminimonas (N.L. n. aminum, amine; Gr. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Aminimonas, amine-degrading monads).

Ammoniphilus Zaitsev et al. 1998, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Ammoniiphilus (N.L. n. ammonium, ammonia; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. n. Ammoniiphilus, ammonia lover).

Ammoniphilus oxalivorans Zaitsev et al. 1998, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to oxalativorans (N.L. n. oxalatum, oxalate; L. part. adj. vorans, eating; N.L. part. adj. oxalativorans, oxalate-eating).

Amorphosporangium auranticolor Couch 1963, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to aurantiicolor (N.L. n. aurantium, a bitter orange; L. n. color, tint, hue; N.L. adj. aurantiicolor, orange coloured). The adjectives aurantiicoloratum (L. part. adj. coloratus a um, coloured) or aurantiicolorium (L. adj. colorius a um, coloured) seems better than aurantiicolor.

Ampullariella Couch 1964, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Ampullella (L. n. ampulla, flask, bottle; N.L. dim. ending -ella; N.L. fem. n. Ampullella, a small bottle). In Latin ampullarius = a bottle-maker!

Amycolatopsis albidoflavus Lee and Hah 2001, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epiteht should be changed albidiflava (L. adj. albidus a um, white; L. adj. flavus a um, yellow; N.L. fem. adj. albidiflava, whitish yellow).

Amycolatopsis coloradensis Labeda 1995, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Amycolatopsis coloradonensis (referring to Colorado).

Amycolatopsis mediterranei (Margalith and Beretta 1960) Lechevalier et al. 1986, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to mediterranea (L. fem. adj. mediterranea, referring to Mediterranean area).

Anaeroarcus Strompl et al. 1999, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization the original spelling should be changed to Anaerarcus (Gr. pref. an, not; Gr. n. aero os, air; L. masc. n. arcus a bow, arc; N.L. masc. n. Anaerarcus, a bow not living in air) because the last compound starts with a vowel and no extra connecting vowel is required (Appendix 9).

Anaerococcus octavius (Murdoch et al. 1997) Ezaki et al. 2001, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to octavus [L. adj. octavus a um, not octavius (sic), eighth].

Anaeromusa acidaminophila (ex Nanninga et al. 1987) Baena et al. 1999, sp. nov., nom. rev., comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to acidaminiphila (N.L. n. acidum, acid; N.L. n. aminum, amine; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. fem. adj. phila, loving; N.L. adj. acidaminiphila, amino-acid-loving).

Anaplasma Theiler 1910, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Aplasma (Gr. pref. a- an-, not; Gr. n. plasma, anything formed or molded; N.L. neut. n. Aplasma, a thing without form).

Anaplasmataceae Philip 1957, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Aplasmataceae (see: Anaplasma Theiler 1910 [Approved Lists 1980]).

Aneurinibacillus thermoaerophilus (Meier-Stauffer et al. 1996) Heyndrickx et al. 1997, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to thermaerophilus (Gr. adj. thermos, hot; Gr. n. aer, air; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. adj. thermaerophilus, loving heat and air) because the second compound starts with a vowel and no extra connecting vowel is required (Appendix 9).

Angulomicrobium Vasil'eva et al. 1986, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Angularimicrobium (L. adj. angularis is e, angular; Gr. adj. mikros, small; Gr. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. microbium, microbe; N.L. neut. n. Angularimicrobium, angular microbe) or Angulatimicrobium (L. adj. angulatus a um, angular).

Aquabacter Irgens et al. 1993, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Aquibacter (L. n. aqua, water; Gr. n. baktron, rod; N.L. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Aquibacter, a water rod).

Aquabacterium Kalmbach et al. 1999, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Aquibacterium (L. n. aqua, water; Gr. n. baktron, rod; N.L. n. bacter, rod; N.L. n. Aquibacterium, a water rod (a rod-shaped bacterium isolated from drinking water biofilms).

Aquamicrobium Bambauer et al. 1998, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Aquimicrobium (L. n. aqua, water; Gr. adj. mikros, small; Gr. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. microbium, a microbe; N.L. n. Aquimicrobium, a bacterium living in water/wastewater).

Aquaspirillum Hylemon et al. 1973, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Aquispirillum (L. n. aqua, water; L. n. spira, a spiral; N.L. dim. n. spirillum, a small spiral; N.L. neut. n. Aquispirillum, a small water spiral).

Aquaspirillum bengal Kumar et al. 1974, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to bengalense (referring to Bengal).

Aquaspirillum putridiconchylium (Terasaki 1961) Hylemon et al. 1973, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to putridiconchylii (L. adj. putridus a um, putrid; L. n. conchylium ii, a shellfish; N.L. gen. n. putridiconchylii, of a decayed shellfish).

Arcanobacterium Collins et al. 1983, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Arcanibacterium (L. adj. arcanus, secretive; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Arcanibacterium, secretive bacterium).

Arcanobacterium haemolyticum (ex Mac Lean et al. 1946) Collins et al. 1983, sp. nov., nom. rev., comb. nov.
According to the rules of Latin and latinisation, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to haematolyticum (Gr. n. haima -atos (Latin transliteration haema -atos), blood; Gr. adj. lutikos: able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. haematolyticum, blood dissolving).

Arcobacter Vandamme et al. 1991, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Arcibacter or Arquibacter (L. n. arcus or arquus, bow; N.L. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Arcibacter or Arquibacter, bow-shaped rod).

Arthrobacter atrocyaneus Kuhn and Starr 1960, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Arthrobacter atricyaneus (L. adj. ater tra trum, black; Gr. adj. cyaneus, dark blue; N.L. masc. adj. atricyaneus, dark blackish blue).

Arthrobacter histidinolovorans Adams 1954, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to histidinolivorans (N.L. n. histidinolum (sic), histidinol; L. part. vorans, devouring, destroying; N.L. part. adj. histidinolivorans, histidinol destroying).

Arthrobacter mysorens Nand and Rao 1972, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to mysorensis (referring to Mysore).

Arthrobacter nicotinovorans Kodama et al. 1992, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Arthrobacter nicotinivorans (N.L. n. nicotinum, nicotine; L. part. vorans, devouring, destroying; N.L. part. adj. nicotinivorans, nicotine devouring).

Arthrobacter picolinophilus Tate and Ensign 1974, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to picolinatiphilus (N.L. n. picolinas atis, picolinate; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. picolinatiphilus, picolinate loving).

Arthrobacter polychromogenes Schippers-Lammertse et al. 1963, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to polychromatogenes (Gr. adj. polu, many; Gr. n. chroma -atos, color; Gr. v. gennao, produce; N.L. part. adj. polychromatogenes, producing many colors).

Arthrobacter psychrolactophilus Loveland-Curtze et al. 2000, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization the spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to psychrolactiphilus (Gr. adj. psuchros, cold; L. n. lac lactis, milk; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. psychrolactiphilus, a cold, milk (sugar)-loving [bacterium]).

Arthrobacter ureafaciens (Krebs and Eggleston 1939) Clark 1955, nom. approb.
According to the rules of Latin and latinisation, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to ureifaciens (N.L. n. urea -ae, urea; L. part. adj. faciens, making, producing; N.L. part. adj. ureifaciens, urea-producing). In Sneath's opinion, it seems implausible to treat urea as having the root ure-. However, according to Latin grammar, the stem of urea is ure-. - Reference: SNEATH (P.H.A.): Correction of orthography of epithets in Pasteurella and some problems with recommendations on latinization. Letter to the Editor. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1992, 42, 658-659.

Asteroleplasma Robinson and Freundt 1987, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Asteroliplasma (Gr. pref. a, not; N.L. n. sterol, sterol; i, combining vowel; Gr. n. plasma, something formed or molded, a form; N.L. n. Asteroliplasma, name intended to indicate that sterol is not required for growth).

Asticcacaulis biprosthecium (sic) Pate et al. 1973, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Asticcacaulis biprosthecus (N.L. adj. biprosthecus a um, twice-appendage) because Asticcacaulis is in the masculine gender [Rule 12c (1)].

Atopobium Collins and Wallbanks 1993, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Atopobius, because the Greek noun bios is inthe masculine gender.

Aurantimonas coralicida Denner et al. 2003, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to coraliicida (L. n. coralium, coral; L. suffix. -cida, murderer, killer; N.L. n. coraliicida, coral-killer).

Aureobacterium Collins et al. 1983, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Aureibacterium (L. adj. aureus a um, golden; Gr. dim. n. backterion, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Aureibacterium, a golden small rod).

Aureobacterium arabinogalactanolyticum Yokota et al. 1993, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to arabinogalactanilyticum (N.L. n. arabinogalactanum, arabinogalactan; Gr. adj. lutikos: able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus a um, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. arabinogalactanilyticum, arabinogalactan dissolving).

Aureobacterium keratanolyticum Yokota et al. 1993, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to keratanilyticum (N.L. keratanum, keratan; Gr. adj. lutikos: able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus a um, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. keratinilyticum, keratan dissolving).

Azoarcus Reinhold-Hurek et al. 1993, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Azotarcus (French n. azote, nitrogen; N.L. n. azotum i, nitrogen; L. n. arcus, arch, bow; no extra connecting vowel is required; N.L. masc. n. Azotarcus, nitrogen [-fixing] bow).

Azoarcus toluclasticus Song et al. 1999, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to tolueniclasticus (N.L. n. toluenum, toluene; Gr. adj. clasticus, breaking; N.L. masc. adj. tolueniclasticus, toluene-breaking).

Azoarcus tolulyticus Zhou et al. 1995, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to toluenilyticus (N.L. n. toluenum, toluene; Gr. adj. lutikos: able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus a um, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. toluenilyticus, toluene dissolving).

Azoarcus toluvorans Song et al. 1999, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to toluenivorans (N.L. n. toluenum, toluene; L. part. adj. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. toluenivorans, toluene-devouring).

Azomonas Winogradsky 1938, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Azotimonas (French n. azote, nitrogen; N.L. n. azotum i, nitrogen; Gr. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Azotimonas, nitrogen monad).

Azomonotrichon Thompson and Skerman 1981, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Azotimonotrichon (French n. azote, nitrogen; N.L. n. azotum i, nitrogen).

Azorhizobium Dreyfus et al. 1988, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Azotirhizobium (French n. azote, nitrogen; N.L. n. azotum i, nitrogen; N.L. n. Rhizobium (sic), a bacterial generic name; N.L. neut. n. Azotirhizobium, rhizobium that can use nitrogen).

Azorhizophilus Thompson and Skerman 1981, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Azotirhizophilus (French n. azote, nitrogen; N.L. n. azotum i, nitrogen; Gr. n. rhiza, a root; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. n. Azotirhizophilus, nitrogen [-fixing bacteria] loving roots).

Azospirillum Tarrand et al. 1979, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Azotispirillum (French n. azote, nitrogen; N.L. n. azotum i, nitrogen; L. n. spira, a spiral; N.L. dim. n. spirillum, a small spiral; N.L. neut. n. Azotispirillum, a small nitrogen spiral).

Azotobacter Beijerinck 1901, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Azotibacter (French n. azote, nitrogen; N.L. n. azotum i, nitrogen; Gr. n. baktron, rod; N.L. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Azotibacter, a nitrogen rod).

Azotobacter chroococcum Beijerinck 1901, nom. approb.
The name chroococcus (Gr. n. chroa, color; Gr. masc. n. coccus, a grain; N.L. masc. n., chroococcus, colored coccus) seems better than chroococcum (N.L. neut. n. chroococcum, colored coccus).

Azotobacter nigricans subsp. achromogenes Thompson and Skerman 1981, subsp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the subspecific epithet should be changed to achromatogenes (Gr. pref. a, not; Gr. n. chroma -atos, color; Gr. v. gennao, produce; N.L. part. adj. achromatogenes, not producing color).

Azotobacteraceae Pribram 1933, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Azotibacteraceae (see: Azotobacter Beijerinck 1901 [Approved Lists 1980]).

Bacillus acidocaldarius Darland and Brock 1971, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Bacillus acidicaldarius (N.L. n. acidum, acid; L. adj. caldarius a um, pertaining to warm or hot; N.L. masc. adj. acidicaldarius, pertaining to acid thermal [habitats]).

Bacillus acidoterrestris Deinhard et al. 1988, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Bacillus aciditerrestris (N.L. n. acidum, acid; L. adj. terrestris is e, from the earth; N.L. masc. adj. aciditerrestris, acid loving and isolated from soil).

Bacillus alcalophilus Vedder 1934, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Bacillus alcaliphilus (Arabic article al, the; Arabic n. qaliy, ashes of saltwort; French n. alcali, alkali; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. alcaliphilus, liking alkaline [media]).

Bacillus alginolyticus Nakamura 1987, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Bacillus alginicilyticus (N.L. n. acidum alginicum, alginic acid; Gr. adj. lutikos, loosening, dissolving; N.L. adj. lyticus a um, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. alginicilyticus, alginic acid dissolving).

Bacillus atrophaeus Nakamura 1989, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Bacillus atriphaeus (L. adj. ater tra trum, black; Gr. adj. phaeus, brown; N.L. masc. adj. atriphaeus, dark brown).

Bacillus azotofixans Seldin et al. 1984, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Bacillus azotifigens (French n. azote, nitrogen; N.L. n. azotum i, nitrogen; L. part. adj. figens, fixing; N.L. part. adj. azotifigens, nitrogen-fixing).

Bacillus azotoformans (ex Pichinoty et al. 1976) Pichinoty et al. 1983, sp. nov., nom. rev.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Bacillus azotiformans (French n. azote, nitrogen; N.L. n. azotum i, nitrogen; L. v. formare, to fashion; N.L. part. adj. azotiformans, nitrogen forming).

Bacillus benzoevorans Pichinoty et al. 1987, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to benzoicivorans (N.L. n. acidum benzoicum, benzoic acid; L. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. benzoicivorans, benzoic acid devouring).

Bacillus chitinolyticus Kuroshima et al. 1996, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to chitinilyticus (N.L. n. chitinum, chitin; Gr. adj. lutikos: able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus a um, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. chitinilyticus, decomposing chitin).

Bacillus choshinensis Takagi et al. 1993, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Bacillus choshiensis (referring to Choshi).

Bacillus curdlanolyticus Kanzawa et al. 1995, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to curdlanilyticus (N.L. n. curdlanum, curdlan; Gr. adj. lutikos: able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus a um, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. curdlanilyticus, curdlan dissolving).

Bacillus cycloheptanicus Deinhard et al. 1988, sp. nov.
According to Recommendation 6 (7), the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to kykloheptanicus (Gr. n. kyklos, circle; connecting vowel, o; Gr. n. hepta, seven; N.L. masc. adj. kykloheptanicus, referring to the w -cycloheptane fatty acids in the cell membrane).

Bacillus galactophilus Takagi et al. 1993, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the nomenclatural name Bacillus galactosiphilus (N.L. n. galactosum, galactose; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. galactosiphilus, galactose loving) seems better than Bacillus galactophilus (Gr. n. galacto, milk; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. n. galactophilus, milk loving).

Bacillus gordonae Pichinoty et al. 1987, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Bacillus gordoniae (named in honor of Ruth E. Gordon).

Bacillus halmapalus Nielsen et al. 1995, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Bacillus halmohapalus or halmehapalus (Gr. n. halme, brine; Gr. adj. hapalos, delicate; N.L. masc. adj. halmohapalus or halmehapalus, sensitive to brine).

Bacillus haloalkaliphilus Fritze 1996, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to halalkaliphilus (Gr. n. hals, salt; Arabic article al, the; Arabic n. qaliy, ashes of saltwort; French n. alcali, alkali; N.L. n. alcali, alkali; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. halalkaliphilus, loving briny and alkaline media) because the second compound starts with a vowel and no extra connecting vowel is required (Appendix 9).

Bacillus laterosporus Laubach 1916, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Bacillus laterisporus (L. n. latus lateris, the side; N.L. n. spora, spore; N.L. masc. adj. laterisporus, with lateral spore).

Bacillus megaterium de Bary 1884, nom. approb.
The spelling of the specific epithet megaterium in Bacillus megaterium de Bary 1884 (Approved Lists 1980) is to be preferred to the spelling megatherium (Judicial Opinion 1). However, according to rules of Latin and latinization, the spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to megaloterium (Gr. adj. megas, megale, mega, big; Gr. n. teras, teratis, monster, beast; N.L. n. megaloterium, big beast).

Bacillus pantothenticus Proom and Knight 1950, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to pantothenicicus (N.L. n. acidum pantothenicum, pantothenic acid; N.L. adj. pantothenicicus a um, relating to pantothenic acid).

Bacillus peoriae Montefusco et al. 1993, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Bacillus peoriensis (referring to Peoria).

Bacillus thermoaerophilus Meier-Stauffer et al. 1996, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Bacillus thermaerophilus (Gr. adj. thermos, hot; Gr. n. aer, air; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. adj. thermaerophilus, loving heat and air) because the second compound starts with a vowel and no extra connecting vowel is required (Appendix 9).

Bacillus thermoamylovorans Combet-Blanc et al. 1995, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Bacillus thermamylovorans (Gr. adj. thermos, hot; Gr. n. amylum, starch; L. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. part. adj. thermamylovorans, utilizing starch at high temperatures) because the second compound starts with a vowel and no extra connecting vowel is required (Appendix 9).

Bacillus thiaminolyticus (ex Kuno 1951) Nakamura 1990, sp. nov., nom. rev.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Bacillus thiaminilyticus (N.L. n. thiamina, thiamine; Gr. adj. lutikos, loosening, dissolving; N.L. adj. lyticus a um, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. thiaminilyticus, thiamine dissolving).

Bacillus tusciae Bonjour and Aragno 1985, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Bacillus tuscus (L. masc. adj. tuscus, referring to Tuscia, a name used by Romans for the region of central Italy).

Bacterionema Gilmour et al. 1961, nom. approb.
According to Judicial Opinion 2, the original spelling should be changed to Bacterinema (N.L. n. bacter the masculine equivalent of Gr. neut. n. bactron, a staff or rod; Gr. n. nema, a thread; N.L. n. Bacterinema, a thread-shaped rod).- Reference: JUDICIAL OPINION 2. In: LAPAGE (S.P.), SNEATH (P.H.A.), LESSEL (E.F.), SKERMAN (V.B.D.), SEELIGER (H.P.R.) and CLARK (W.A.): International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (1990 revision), American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C., 1992, p. 84.

Bacteriovorax Baer et al. 2000, gen. nov.
According to Judicial Opinion 2, the original spelling should be changed to Bactrovorax (Gr. n. bactron, a rod; L. adj. vorax, gluttonous, voracious; N.L. n. Bactrovorax, a devourer of bacteria) or to Bacterivorax (N.L. n. bacter, the masculine equivalent of Gr. neut. n. bactron, a rod; L. adj. vorax, gluttonous, voracious; N.L. n. Bacterivorax, a devourer of bacteria). - Reference: JUDICIAL OPINION 2. In: LAPAGE (S.P.), SNEATH (P.H.A.), LESSEL (E.F.), SKERMAN (V.B.D.), SEELIGER (H.P.R.) and CLARK (W.A.): International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (1990 revision), American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C., 1992, p. 84.

Bacteroides cellulosolvens Murray et al. 1984, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Bacteroides cellulosisolvens (N.L. n. cellulosum, cellulose; L. part. adj. solvens, dissolving; N.L. part. adj. cellulosisolvens, cellulose dissolving).

Bacteroides melaninogenicus (Oliver and Wherry 1921) Roy and Kelly 1939, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to melaninigenicus (N.L. n. melaninum, melanin; N.L. adj. genicus, producing (probably derived from Gr. n. genetes, a producer); N.L. adj. melaninigenicus, melanin-producing).

Bacteroides multiacidus Mitsuoka et al. 1974, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to multacidus (L. adj. multus a um, many; L. adj. acidus a um, sour; N.L. masc. adj. multacidus, producing much acid) because the second compound starts with a vowel and no extra connecting vowel is required (Appendix 9).

Bacteroides pectinophilus Jensen and Canale-Parola 1987, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to pectiniphilus (N.L. n. pectinum, pectin; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. pectiniphilus, pectin loving).

Bacteroides succinogenes Hungate 1950, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Bacteroides succinicigenes (N.L. n. acidum succinicum, succinic acid; Gr. v. gennao, produce; N.L. part. adj. succinicigenes, succinic acid-producing).

Bacteroides termitidis (Sebald 1962) Holdeman and Moore 1970, nom. approb.
The N.L. adj. termitidis has been used the first time by Leidy in 1881 ("Spirochaeta termitidis" Leidy 1881) and subsequently by several authors. However, termitidis is incorrect because the adjectival suffix "-idis -is -e" does not exist in Latin!
It is more correct to use a genitive and this specific epithet should be changed to termitis (L. n. termes -itis, a worm that eats wood, a woodworm, and in zoology the name of a scientific genus; L. gen. n. termitis, of a termite) or termitum (L. gen. pl. n. termitum, of termites).

Bacteroides ureolyticus Jackson and Goodman 1978, nom. approb.
According to the rules of Latin and latinisation, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to ureilyticus (N.L. n. urea -ae, urea; Gr. adj. lutikos: able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. ureilyticus, urea dissolving). In Sneath's opinion, it seems implausible to treat urea as having the root ure-, and for this author the form urealyticus seems preferable. However, according to Latin grammar, the stem of urea is ure-. - Reference: SNEATH (P.H.A.): Correction of orthography of epithets in Pasteurella and some problems with recommendations on latinization. Letter to the Editor. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1992, 42, 658-659.

Bartonella henselae (Regnery et al. 1992) Brenner et al. 1993, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Bartonella henseliae (named in honor of Diane M. Hensel).

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus Stolp and Starr 1963, nom. approb.
The Latin word vorus does not exist and the specific epithet should be changed to bacteriivorax.

Beggiatoa Trevisan 1842, nom. approb.
The original spelling should be Beggiatoaea if the genus is named in remembrance of F.S. Beggiatoa [1, 2] or Beggiatoa (or Beggiatonia) if the genus is named in remembrance of F.S. Beggiato [3]. On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, the description of the genus Beggiatoa is a paper by Leadbetter [2] and, in this paper, Beggiatoa is named in honour of F.S. Beggiatoa. - References: 1 BUCHANAN (R.E.): Genus I. Beggiatoa Trevisan, 1842. In: R.S. BREED, E.G.D. MURRAY and N.R. SMITH (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, seventh edition, 1957, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, p. 838-840. 2 LEADBETTER (E.R.): Genus I. Beggiatoa Trevisan 1842, 56, Nom. cons. Opin. 13, Jud. Comm. 1954, 152. In: R.E. BUCHANAN and N.E. GIBBONS (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, eighth edition, 1974, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, p. 113-114. 3 STROHL (W.R.): Genus I. Beggiatoa Trevisan 1842, 56AL. In: J.T. STALEY, M.P. BRYANT, N. PFENNIG and J.G. HOLT (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 1989, vol. 3. The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, p. 2091-2097.

Beijerinckia derxii subsp. venezuelae corrig. Thompson and Skerman 1981, subsp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Beijerinckia derxii subsp. venezuelensis (referring to Venezuela).

Beijerinckia fluminensis Dobereiner and Ruschel 1958, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to fluminensensis (referring to the locality Baixada Fluminense).

Beijerinckia indica subsp. lacticogenes Thompson and Skerman 1981, subsp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Beijerinckia indica subsp. lacticigenes (N.L. n. acidum lacticum, lactic acid; Gr. v. gennao, produce; N.L. part. adj. lacticigenes, lactic acid producing).

Beneckea alginolytica (Miyamoto et al. 1961) Baumann et al. 1971, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Beneckea alginicilytica (L. n. alga, seaweed; N.L. alginicus, pertaining to alginic acid; Gr. adj. lutikos: able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus a um, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. alginicilytica, alginic acid dissolving).

Beneckea nigripulchritudo corrig. Baumann et al. 1971, nom. approb.
The etymology of the specific epithet is given as L. adj. niger, black; L. n. pulchritudo, beauty; N.L. adj. (sic) nigripulchritudo, black beauty. So, the nomenclatural name Beneckea nigripulchra (L. adj. niger gra grum, black; L. adj. pulcher chra chrum, beautiful; N.L. fem. adj. nigripulchra) seems better than Beneckea nigripulchritudo. However, H.G. Trüper and L. De' Clari consider the specific epithet as a "nominative noun in apposition". - Reference: TRÜPER (H.G.) and DE' CLARI (L.): Taxonomic note: Necessary correction of specific epithets formed as substantives (nouns) "in apposition". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 908-909.

Beneckea parahaemolytica (Fujino et al. 1951) Baumann et al. 1971, nom. approb.
According to the rules of Latin and latinisation, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to parahaematolytica (Gr. prep. para, alongside of, resembling; Gr. n. haima -atos (Latin transliteration haema -atos), blood; Gr. adj. lutikos: able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. haematolytica corrig., a specific epithet; N.L. fem. adj. parahaematolytica, similar to "[Pasteurella] haematolytica corrig.").

Bifidobacteriaceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997, fam. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Bifidibacteriaceae (see: Bifidobacterium Orla-Jensen 1924 [Approved Lists 1980]).

Bifidobacteriales Stackebrandt et al. 1997, ord. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Bifidibacteriales (see: Bifidobacterium Orla-Jensen 1924 (Approved Lists 1980]).

Bifidobacterium Orla-Jensen 1924, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Bifidibacterium (L. adj. bifidus, cleft, divided; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Bifidibacterium, a cleft rodlet).

Bifidobacterium ruminantium Biavati and Mattarelli 1991, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to ruminatorum (L. n. ruminator oris, ruminant; L. gen. pl. n. ruminatorum, of ruminants). There is no reason for creating a modern Latin noun.

Bilophila Baron et al. 1990, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Biliphila (L. n. bilis, bile; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. fem. n. Biliphila, bile loving).

Bilophila wadsworthia Baron et al. 1990, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to wadsworthiae (named after the Wadsworth Veterans' Administration Medical Center).

Blastochloris sulfoviridis (Keppen and Gorlenko 1975) Hiraishi 1997, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Blastochloris sulfuriviridis (L. n. sulfur uris, sulfur; L. adj. viridis is e, green; N.L. fem. adj. sulfiviridis, green and with sulfur).

Blattabacterium Hollande and Favre 1931, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Blattibacterium (N.L. n. Blatta, generic name of cockroach; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Blattibacterium, a small rod found in cockroach).

Blattabacterium cuenoti (Mercier 1906) Hollande and Favre 1931, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to cuenotii (named in honor of Lucien Cuénot).

Bordetella bronchiseptica (Ferry 1912) Moreno-López 1952, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to bronchiiseptica (L. pl. n. bronchia -orum, the bronchial tubes; L. adj. septicus -a -um, producing a putrefaction, putrefying, septic; N.L. fem. adj. bronchiiseptica, of infected bronchi).

Borrelia afzelii Canica et al. 1994, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Borrelia afzeliusii (named in honor of A. Afzelius) because Afzelius is a modern surname, not a Latin surname.

Borrelia caucasica (Kandelaki 1945) Davis 1957, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Borrelia caucasia (L. adj. caucasius a um, pertaining to Caucasus, Latin name of Caucase) or caucasea (L. adj. caucaseus a um, pertaining to Caucasus).

Borrelia lusitaniae Le Fleche et al. 1997, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to lusitana (L. adj. Lusitanus a um, referring to Lusitania, Latin name of Portugal).

Borrelia miyamotoi Fukunaga et al. 1995, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the nomenclatural name Borrelia miyamotoi (named in honor of K. Miyamoto) should be changed to Borrelia miyamotonis or Borrelia miyamotonii. According to Appendix 9, the correct spelling should be miyamotonii, however, if personal name ends in -o, H.G Trüper recommends to add -nis or -nii for male person.

Borrelia tillae Zumpt and Organ 1961, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the nomenclatural name Borrelia tillae (named in honor of Dr. W. Till) should be changed to Borrelia tilliae (female person) or Borrelia tillii (male person).

Brachyspira aalborgi Hovind-Hougen et al. 1983, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Brachyspira aalborgensis (referring to Aalborg).

Brevibacillus choshinensis (Takagi et al. 1993) Shida et al. 1996, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Brevibacillus choshiensis (referring to Choshi).

Brevibacillus laterosporus (Laubach 1916) Shida et al. 1996, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Brevibacillus laterisporus (L. n. latus lateris, the side; N.L. n. spora, spore; N.L. masc. adj. laterisporus, with lateral spore).

Brevibacterium ammoniagenes (Cooke and Keith 1927) Breed 1953, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Brevibacterium ammoniigenes (N.L. n. ammonia ae, ammonia; Gr. v. gennao, to produce; N.L. part. adj. ammoniigenes, ammonia producing).

Buchnera Munson et al. 1991, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Buchneria or Buchnerella or Buchneriella (named in honor of P. Buchner).

Burkholderia graminis Viallard et al. 1998, sp. nov.
Viallard et al. 1998, give the etymology of the specific epithet as N.L. adj. graminis, of grass, grassy. In Latin, the adjective grassy is gramineus or graminosus and the spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to graminea or graminosa. On the other hand, it is possible to retain graminis but the etymology should be L. gen. n. graminis, of grass.

Burkholderia phenoliruptrix Coenye et al. 2005, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the correct latinization of the chemical name phenol is phenol, not phenolum as cited in the etymology provided by Coenye et al. 2005.

Burkholderia vandii Urakami et al. 1994, sp. nov.
The original spelling of the specific epithet seems incorrect: L. adj. vandii (sic), coming from roots of Vanda species.

Burkholderia vietnamiensis Gillis et al. 1995, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Burkholderia vietnamensis (referring to Vietnam).

Butyrivibrio Bryant and Small 1956, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Butyricivibrio (N.L. adj. butyricus a um, butyric; N.L. n. Vibrio, a bacterial generic name; N.L. masc. n. Butyricivibrio, a butyric vibrio).

Calderobacterium Kryukov et al. 1984, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Caldariibacterium (L. adj. caldarius a um, warm, hot) or Calidariibacterium (L. adj. calidarius a um, warm, hot), or Caldoribacterium (L. n. caldor oris, heat, warmth), or Calidibacterium (L. n. calidum i, heat, warmth or L. n. calida ae, hot water or L. adj. calidus a um, warm, hot), or Caldibacterium (L. n. caldum i, heat, warmth or L. n. calda ae, hot water).

Calderobacterium hydrogenophilum Kryukov et al. 1984, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to hydrogeniphilum (N.L. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. adj. hydrogeniphilum, hydrogen loving).

Caldicellulosiruptor lactoaceticus Mladenovska et al. 1997, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to lactaceticus because the second compound starts with a vowel and no extra connecting vowel is required (Appendix 9).

Capnocytophaga haemolytica Yamamoto et al. 1994, sp. nov.
According to the rules of Latin and latinisation, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to haematolytica (Gr. n. haima -atos (Latin transliteration haema -atos), blood; Gr. adj. lutikos: able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. haematolytica, blood dissolving).

Carbophilus Meyer et al. 1994, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Carboniphilus because the stem of the first component is carbon-.

Carboxydocella Sokolova et al. 2002, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinisation, the original spelling should be changed to Carboxydicella (N.L. n. carboxydum, carbon monoxyde).

Carboxydothermus Svetlichny et al. 1991, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinisation, the original spelling should be changed to Carboxydithermus (N.L. n. carboxydum, carbon monoxyde).

Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans Svetlichny et al. 1991, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to hydrogeniformans (N.L. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen; L. v. formare, to fashion; N.L. part. adj. hydrogeniformans, hydrogen forming).

Carnobacterium Collins et al. 1987, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Carnibacterium (L. n. caro carnis, flesh; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Carnibacterium, flesh rodlet).

Caseobacter Crombach 1978, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Caseibacter (L. n. caseus, cheese; Gr. n. baktron, rod; N.L. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Caseibacter, cheese rod).

Catellatospora Asano and Kawamoto 1986, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Catellatispora (L. n. catella, small chain; Gr. n. spora, a seed; N.L. fem. n. Catellatispora [organism forming] small chain of spores).

Catellatospora citrea subsp. methionotrophica Asano and Kawamoto 1988, subsp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the subspecific epithet should be changed to methioninitrophica (N.L. adj. methioninitrophicus a um, methionine auxotroph).

Catellatospora matsumotoense Asano et al. 1989, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to matsumotonensis (referring to Matsumoto Nagano, Japan, the location of the soil sample from which the type strain was isolated).

Catellatospora tsunoense Asano et al. 1989, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to tsunonensis or tsunogunensis (referring to Tsuno-gun).

Catenococcus Sorokin 1994, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Catenicoccus (L. n. catena, chain; Gr. n. coccos, grain, berry; N.L. masc. n. Catenicoccus, coccus [forming] chains).

Catenuloplanes Yokota et al. 1993, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Catenuliplanes (L. n. catenula, short chain; Gr. n. planes, a wanderer; N.L. masc. n. Catenuliplanes, a motile cell of a short chain).

Catenuloplanes atrovinosus Tamura et al. 1995, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to atrivinosus (L. adj. ater tra trum, black; L. adj. vinosus, full of wine; N.L. masc. adj. atrivinosus, full of dark wine, dark wine color [red]).

Caulobacter Henrici and Johnson 1935, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Caulibacter (L. n. caulis, stalk; Gr. n. baktron, rod; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. n. Caulibacter, stalk rod).

Caulobacteraceae Henrici and Johnson 1935, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Caulibacteraceae (see: Caulobacter Henrici and Johnson 1935 [Approved Lists 1980]).

Caulobacterales Henrici and Johnson 1935, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Caulibacterales (see: Caulobacter Henrici and Johnson 1935 [Approved Lists 1980]).

Caulobacterineae Breed et al. 1944, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Caulibacterineae (see: Caulobacter Henrici and Johnson 1935 [Approved Lists 1980]).

Cedecea davisae Grimont et al. 1981, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Cedecea davisiae (named in honor of Betty R. Davis).

Cellulomonadaceae Stackebrandt and Prauser 1991, fam. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Cellulosimonadaceae (see: Cellulomonas Bergey et al. 1923 [Approved Lists 1980]).

Cellulomonas Bergey et al. 1923, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Cellulosimonas (N.L. n. cellulosum, cellulose; Gr. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Cellulosimonas, cellulose monad).

Cellulomonas cellasea (Kellerman et al. 1913) Bergey et al. 1923, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to cellulosea (N.L. adj. celluloseus a um (not cellaseus a um), pertaining to cellulose).

Cellulophaga Johansen et al. 1999, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Cellulosiphaga (N.L. n. cellulosum, cellulose; Gr. v. phagein, to eat; N.L. fem. n. Cellulosiphaga, eater of cellulose).

Cellvibrio (ex Winogradsky 1929) Blackall et al. 1986, gen. nov., nom. rev.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Cellulosivibrio (N.L. n. cellulosum, cellulose; N.L. n. Vibrio, a bacterial generic name; N.L. masc. n. Cellulosivibrio, cellulose vibrio).

Cellvibrio mixtus subsp. dextranolyticus Blackall et al. 1986, subsp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the subspecific epithet should be changed to dextranilyticus (N.L. n. dextranum, dextran; Gr. adj. lutikos: able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus a um, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. dextranilyticus, dextran dissolving).

Chitinophaga Sangkhobol and Skerman 1981, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Chitiniphaga (N.L. n. chitinum, chitin; Gr. v. phagein, to devour; N.L. fem. n. Chitiniphaga, chitin devouring).

Chlorobium Nadson 1906, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Chlorobius, because the Greek noun bios is in the masculine gender.

Chlorobium vibrioforme Pelsh 1936, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to vibrioniforme (L. v. vibrio, vibrate; N.L. n. Vibrio onis, a bacterial generic name; L. adj. suffix -formis is e, -like, of the shape of; N.L. neut. adj. vibrioniforme, vibrio shaped).

Chromobacterieae Winslow et al. 1920, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Chromatobacterieae (N.L. neut. n. Chromatobacterium, a genus of bacteria; L. ending -eae, to denote a tribe; Chromatobacterieae, the Chromatobacterium tribe).

Chromobacterium Bergonzini 1880, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Chromatobacterium (Gr. n. chroma -atos, color; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Chromatobacterium, a colored rod).

Chromohalobacter Ventosa et al. 1989, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Chromatohalobacter (Gr. n. chroma -atos, color; Gr. n. halos, the sea, salt; Gr. n. baktron, rod; N.L. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Chromatohalobacter, colored salt rod).

Chryseobacterium indologenes (Yabuuchi et al. 1983) Vandamme et al. 1994, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Chryseobacterium indoligenes (N.L. n. indolum, indol; Gr. v. gennao, produce; N.L. part. adj. indoligenes, indole-producing).

Chryseobacterium indoltheticum (Campbell and Williams 1951) Vandamme et al. 1994, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Chryseobacterium indolitheticum (N.L. n. indolum, indol; Gr. adj. theticus, positive; N.L. neut. adj. indolitheticum, indole-positive).

Citrobacter Werkman and Gillen 1932, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Citribacter (L. n. citrus, lemon or L. n. citrus, tree of a group including lemon; Gr. n. baktron, rod; N.L. n. bacter, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Citribacter, a citrate (sic) using rod) or, according to Buchanan, the spelling should be changed to Citratibacter (N.L. n. citras atis, citrate; Gr. n. baktron, rod; N.L. n. bacter, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Citratibacter, a citrate using rod).

Clevelandina Bermudes et al. 1988, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Clevelandia or Clevelandella or Clevelandiella (named in honor of L.R. Cleveland).

Clostridium acetobutylicum McCoy et al. 1926, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Clostridium acetonibutylicum (N.L. n. acetonum, acetone; N.L. adj. butylicus a um, butylic; N.L. neut. adj. acetonibutylicum, referring to production of acetone and butyl alcohol).

Clostridium algidixylanolyticum Broda et al. 2000, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to algidixylanilyticum (L. adj. algidus, cold; N.L. n. xylanum, xylan; Gr. adj. lutikos: able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus a um, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. algidixylanilyticum, cold xylan-dissolving).

Clostridium aminophilum Paster et al. 1993, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Clostridium aminiphilum (N.L. n. aminum, amine; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. adj. aminiphilum, loving amino acids) or to Clostridium acidaminiphilum (N.L. n. acidum, acid; N.L. adj. aminus, amino; no extra connecting vowel is required; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. adj. acidaminiphilum, amino acid loving).

Clostridium aminovalericum Hardman and Stadtman 1960, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to aminovalericicum (N.L. n. acidum aminovalericum, aminovaleric acid; L. adj. suff. -icus a um, related to; N.L. neut. adj. aminovalericicum, referring to ability to ferment aminovaleric acid).

Clostridium aurantibutyricum Hellinger 1944, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Clostridium aurantiibutyricum (N.L. n. aurantium, orange; N.L. n. acidum butyricum, butyric acid; N.L. neut. adj. aurantiibutyricum, probably intended to mean the orange-colored organism producing butyric acid).

Clostridium celerecrescens Palop et al. 1989, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Clostridium celericrescens (L. adj. celer -eris -ere, fast; L. v. crescere, to grow; N.L. part. adj. celericrescens, fast growing).

Clostridium cellobioparum Hungate 1944, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Clostridium cellobiosiparans (N.L. n. cellobiosum, cellobiose; L. part. adj. parans, producing; N.L. part. adj. cellobiosiparans, cellobiose-producing).

Clostridium cellulofermentans Yanling et al. 1991, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Clostridium cellulosifermentans (N.L. n. cellulosum, cellulose; L. part. adj. fermentans, fermenting; N.L. part. adj. cellulosifermentans, fermenting cellulose).

Clostridium cellulolyticum Petitdemange et al. 1984, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Clostridium cellulosilyticum (N.L. n. cellulosum, cellulose; Gr. adj. lutikos, loosening, dissolving; N.L. adj. lyticus a um, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. cellulosilyticum, cellulose dissolving).

Clostridium cellulovorans Sleat et al. 1985, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Clostridium cellulosivorans (N.L. n. cellulosum, cellulose; L. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. part. adj. cellulosivorans, cellulose devouring).

Clostridium felsineum (Carbone and Tombolato 1917) Bergey et al. 1939, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to felsinense (named after Felsina, Latin name for Bologna). The name Clostridium bononiense seems better than Clostridium felsinense (Felsina and Bononia are ancient Latin names for Bologna. In Latin, bononiensis is e = referring to Bononia; but felsineus or felsinensis do not exist).

Clostridium haemolyticum (Hall 1929) Scott et al. 1935, nom. approb.
According to the rules of Latin and latinisation, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to haematolyticum (Gr. n. haima -atos (Latin transliteration haema -atos), blood; Gr. adj. lutikos: able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. haematolyticum, blood dissolving).

Clostridium hylemonae Kitahara et al. 2000, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Clostridium hylemonii (named in honor of Phillip B. Hylemon).

Clostridium indolis McClung and McCoy 1957, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Clostridium indoli (N.L. n. indolum i, indole). The spelling indoligenes (N.L. n. indolum i, indole; Gr. v. gennao, produce; N.L. part. adj. indoligenes, indole producing) seems better than indoli. On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980, the effective publication of Clostridium indolis (sic) is the Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th ed. pp. 634-693. In the Bergey's Manual, a footnote was inserted on page 674 indicating that the specific epithet indolis (sic) was used in lieu of indologenes (sic) because the latter is preoccupied in the genus Clostridium for an earlier-described organism. However, "Clostridium indologenes" (Prévot 1948) McClung and McCoy was not included in the Approved Lists and the epithets indologenes (sic) or indoligenes should be reused.

Clostridium lentocellum Murray et al. 1987, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Clostridium lenticellulosum (L. adj. lentus a um, slow; N.L. n. cellulosum, cellulose; N.L. neut. adj. lenticellulosum, referring to the ability to ferment cellulose slowly).

Clostridium lentoputrescens Hartsell and Rettger 1934, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Clostridium lentiputrescens (L. adj. lentus a um, slow; L. part. adj. putrescens, decaying; N.L. part. adj. lentiputrescens, slowly decaying).

Clostridium lituseburense (Laplanche and Saissac 1948) McClung and McCoy 1957, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to litoreborense (L. n. litus oris, coast; L. n. ebur oris, ivory; N.L. adj. litoreborense, pertaining to Ivory Coast).

Clostridium mayombei Kane et al. 1992, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Clostridium mayombense (referring to Mayombé).

Clostridium methoxybenzovorans Mechichi et al. 1999, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the specific epithet methoxybenzoicivorans (N.L. n. acidum methoxybenzoicum i, methoxybenzoic acid; L. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. part. adj. methoxybenzoicivorans, methoxybenzoic acid devouring) seems better than methoxybenzovorans.

Clostridium methylpentosum Himelbloom and Canale-Parola 1989, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Clostridium methylipentosum (N.L. n. methyl ylis, the methyl radical).

Clostridium oceanicum Smith 1970, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Clostridium oceanium (L. adj. oceanius a um, belonging to the ocean). The Latin adjective oceanicus a um does not exist.

Clostridium sartagoforme corrig. Partansky and Henry 1935, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Clostridium sartaginiforme (L. n. sartago inis, frying pan; L. adj. suffix -formis is e, shaped like; N.L. neut. adj. sartaginiforme, shaped like a frying pan [in reference to a sporulating cell]).

Clostridium scatologenes (Weinberg and Ginsbourg 1927) Prévot 1948, nom. approb.
The original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to scatogenes (Gr. n. skatos, dung; Gr. v. gennao, produce; N.L. part. adj. scatogenes, referring to an organism that produces dung-like odor) or scatolignes (N.L. n. scatolum, scatol; Gr. v. gennao, produce; N.L. part. adj. scatoligenes, scatol producing).

Clostridium termitidis Hethener et al. 1992, sp. nov.
The N.L. adj. termitidis has been used the first time by Leidy in 1881 ("Spirochaeta termitidis" Leidy 1881) and subsequently by several authors. However, termitidis is incorrect because the adjectival suffix "-idis -is -e" does not exist in Latin!
It is more correct to use a genitive and this specific epithet should be changed to termitis (L. n. termes -itis, a worm that eats wood, a woodworm, and in zoology the name of a scientific genus; L. gen. n. termitis, of a termite) or termitum (L. gen. pl. n. termitum, of termites).

Clostridium thermoalcaliphilum Li et al. 1994, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Clostridium thermalcaliphilum (Gr. adj. thermos, hot; Arabic article al, the; Arabic n. qaliy, ashes of saltwort; French n. alcali, alkali; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. adj. thermalcaliphilum, liking heat and alkali) because the second compound starts with a vowel and no extra connecting vowel is required (Appendix 9).

Clostridium thermosuccinogenes Drent et al. 1995, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Clostridium thermosuccinicigenes (Gr. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. n. acidum succinicum, succinic acid; Gr. v. gennao, produce; N.L. part. adj. thermosuccinicigenes, a thermophilic organism producing succinic acid).

Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991, fam. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Comimonadaceae (see: Comamonas (ex Davis and Park 1962) De Vos et al. 1985.

Comamonas (ex Davis and Park 1962) De Vos et al. 1985, gen. nov., nom. rev.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Comimonas (L. n. coma ae, lock of hair; Gr. n. monas, unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Comimonas, cell with a polar tuft of flagella) or Comomonas (Gr. n. come, lock of hair; Gr. n. monas, unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Comomonas, cell with a polar tuft of flagella).

Comamonas acidovorans (den Dooren de Jong 1926) Tamaoka et al. 1987, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to acidivorans (N.L. n. acidum, acid; L. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. part. adj. acidivorans, acid-devouring).

Conchiformibius steedae corrig. (Kuhn and Gregory 1979) Xie and Yokota 2005, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Conchiformibius steediae (named in honor of Pamela D. M. Steed Glaister).

Conglomeromonas Skerman et al. 1983, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Conglomeratimonas (L. part. adj. conglomeratus, wound into a ball; Gr. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Conglomeratimonas, monad forming in a [rounded] mass).

Conglomeromonas largomobilis Skerman et al. 1983, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to largimobilis (L. adj. largus a um, in a very slow manner [musical]; L. adj. mobilis is e [sync. for movibilis], movable; N.L. fem. adj. largimobilis, moving in a very slow manner).

Conglomeromonas largomobilis subsp. largomobilis Skerman et al. 1983, subsp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the epithets should be changed to largimobilis subsp. largimobilis (L. adj. largus a um, in a very slow manner [musical]; L. adj. mobilis is e [sync. for movibilis], movable; N.L. fem. adj. largimobilis, moving in a very slow manner).

Conglomeromonas largomobilis subsp. parooensis Skerman et al. 1983, subsp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to largimobilis (L. adj. largus a um, in a very slow manner [musical]; L. adj. mobilis is e [sync. for movibilis], movable; N.L. fem. adj. largimobilis, moving in a very slow manner).

Corynebacterineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997, subord. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Corynebacteriineae (N.L. n. Corynebacterium, stem Corynebacteri-, suffix -ineae; N.L. n. Corynebacteriineae).

Corynebacterium ammoniagenes (Cooke and Keith 1927) Collins 1987, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Corynebacterium ammoniigenes (N.L. n. ammonia, ammonia; Gr. v. gennaio, produce; N.L. part. adj. ammoniigenes, ammonia producing).

Corynebacterium camporealensis Fernández-Garayzábal et al. 1998, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to camporealense (N.L. adj. camporealensis is e, pertaining to Campo Real), because Corynebacterium is in the neuter gender [Rule 12 c (1)].

Corynebacterium terpenotabidum Takeuchi et al. 1999, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to terpenitabidum (N.L. n. terpenum, terpene; L. adj. tabidus a um, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. terpenitabidum, terpene-dissolving).

Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum Funke et al. 1995, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to glucuronicilyticum (N.L. n. acidum glucuronicum, glucuronic acid; Gr. adj. lutikos: able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. glucuronicilyticum, cleaving [beta]-glucuronic acid).

Corynebacterium urealyticum Pitcher et al. 1992, sp. nov.
According to the rules of Latin and latinisation, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to ureilyticum (N.L. n. urea -ae, urea; Gr. adj. lutikos: able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. ureilyticum, urea dissolving). In Sneath's opinion, it seems implausible to treat urea as having the root ure-, and for this author the form urealyticum seems preferable. However, according to Latin grammar, the stem of urea is ure-. - Reference: SNEATH (P.H.A.): Correction of orthography of epithets in Pasteurella and some problems with recommendations on latinization. Letter to the Editor. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1992, 42, 658-659.

Couchioplanes Tamura et al. 1994, gen. nov.
The name Couchiplanes (Couch, named in honor of J.N. Couch; Gr. n. planes, a wanderer; N.L. masc. n. Couchiplanes, Couch wanderer) seems better than Couchioplanes.

Cowdria Moshkovski 1947, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Cowdrya or Cowdryella (named in honor of E.V. Cowdry).

Cowdria ruminantium (Cowdry 1925) Moshkovski 1947, nom. approb.
According to Rule 57a and according to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to ruminatorum (L. n. ruminator -oris, ruminant; L. gen. pl. n. ruminatorum, of ruminants). The noun ruminator has been used by Arnobius (Adversus nationes, 7, 24): "non similiter 'fendicas', quae et ipsae sunt hirae, quas plebis oratio illas solet cum eloquitur nuncupare, non ratione eadem et 'rumas', quae sunt prima in gurgulionibus capita, qua et deicere cibos et referre natura est ruminatoribus saeculis".
However, ruminantium may be correct if the epithet is derived from the zoological taxonomic term Ruminantia (neut. nominative plural) the ruminants.

Cryptosporangium arvum Tamura et al. 1998, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the spelling of the specific epithet, should be changed to arvi (L. n. arvum i, ploughed land; L. n. gen. arvi, of a ploughed land).

Curtobacterium Yamada and Komagata 1972, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Curtibacterium (L. adj. curtus, shortened; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Curtibacterium, a short rodlet).

Cyclobacterium Raj and Maloy 1990, gen. nov.
According to Recommendation 6 (7), the original spelling should be changed to Kyklobacterium (Gr. n. kyklos, circle; connecting vowel, o; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Kyklobacterium, a circle-shaped bacterium). It is also possible to propose Cyclibacterium (L. n. cyclus i, circle, connecting vowel, -i-; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Cyclibacterium, a circle-shaped bacterium).

Cycloclasticus Dyksterhouse et al. 1995, gen. nov.
According to Recommendation 6 (7), the original spelling should be changed to Kykloklasticus (Gr. n. kyklos, circle; connecting vowel, o; Gr. adj. klastos, broken; N.L. masc. n. Kykloklasticus, ring breaker). It is also possible to propose Cycliklasticus (L. n. cyclus i, circle, connecting vowel, i; Gr. adj. klastos, broken; N.L. masc. n. Cycliklasticus, ring breaker).

Cystobacter minus (Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926) McCurdy 1970, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to minor (L. comp. adj. minor us oris, less, smaller) because Cystobacter is in the masculine gender.

Cytophaga agarovorans (ex Veldkamp 1961) Reichenbach 1989, sp. nov., nom. rev., comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Cytophaga agarivorans (Malayan n. agar, agar; N.L. n. agarum i, agar; L. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. part. adj. agarivorans, agar-consuming).

Cytophaga johnsonae Stanier 1947, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Cytophaga johnsoniae (named in honor of Delia E. Johnson).

Cytophaga marinoflava (ex Colwell et al. 1966) Reichenbach 1989, sp. nov., nom. rev.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Cytophaga mariniflava (L. adj. marinus a um, marine; L. adj. flavus a um, golden yellow; N.L. fem. adj. mariniflava, yellow one from the sea).

Cytophaga pectinovora (ex Dorey 1959) Reichenbach 1989, sp. nov., nom. rev., comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Cytophaga pectinivorax (N.L. n. pectinum, polygalacturonic acids in plant celle walls; L. adj. vorax, devouring; N.L. fem. adj. pectinivorax, pectin devouring or destroying).

Defluvibacter Fritsche et al. 1999, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization the original spelling should be changed to Defluviibacter (L. n. defluvium ii, waste water; Gr. n. baktron, rod; N.L. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Defluviibacter, waste water rod [referring to its origin from activated sludge of a waste water treatment plant]).

Deleya aquamarina (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Akagawa and Yamasato 1989, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Deleya aquimarina (L. n. aqua, water; L. adj. marinus a um, of the sea; N.L. fem. adj. aquimarina, pertaining to sea water).

Deleya salina Valderrama et al. 1991, sp. nov.
The Latin adjective salinus -a -um does not exist. In Latin, salted = salsus -a -um or salitus -a -um or salsicius -a -um. Consequently the right specific epithet should be changed to salsa or salita or salcicia.

Delftia acidovorans (den Dooren de Jong 1926) Wen et al. 1999, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to acidivorans (N.L. n. acidum, acid; L. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. part. adj. acidivorans, acid-devouring).

Demetria terragena Groth et al. 1997, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to terrigena (L. n. terra ae, soil; N.L. suff. -gena, origin; N.L. n. terrigena, coming from soil).

Dermabacter Jones and Collins 1989, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Dermatobacter (Gr. n. derma atis, skin; Gr. n. baktron, rod; N.L. n. bacter, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Dermatobacter, cutaneous small rod).

Dermabacteraceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997, fam. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Dermatobacteraceae (see: Dermabacter Jones and Collins 1989).

Dermacoccaceae Schumann and Stackebrandt 2000, fam. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Dermatococcaceae (see: Dermacoccus).

Dermacoccus Stackebrandt et al. 1995, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Dermatococcus (Gr. n. derma atis, skin; Gr. n. coccos, a grain, berry; N.L. masc. n. Dermatococcus, cutaneous coccus).

Dermacoccus nishinomiyaensis (Oda 1935) Stackebrandt et al. 1995, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to nishinomiyensis (referring to Nishinomiya).

Dermatophilus congolensis (van Saceghem 1915) Gordon 1964, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to congonensis (referring to Congo).

Desulfacinum Rees et al. 1995, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfatacinum (L. pref. de, from; N.L. n. sulfas atis, sulfate; L. n. acinum, a berry; no extra connecting vowel is required; N.L. neut. n. Desulfatacinum, a berry-shaped sulfate-reducing bacterium).

Desulfitobacterium Utkin et al. 1994, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfitibacterium (L. pref. de, from, off, away; N.L. n. sulfis itis, sulfite; Gr. n. baktron, rod; N.L. n. bacter, rod; N.L. neut. n. Desulfitibacterium, rod-shaped organism that reduces sulfite).

Desulfobacca Oude Elferink et al. 1999, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfuribacca (L. pref. de, from; L. n. sulfur is, sulfur; L. n. bacca (or baca), berry, especially olive; N.L. fem. n., Desulfuribacca, a sulfate-reducing, olive shaped bacterium).

Desulfobacter Widdel 1981, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfatibacter (L. pref. de, from; N.L. n. sulfas atis, sulfate; Gr. n. baktron, rod; N.L. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Desulfatibacter, a rod-shaped sulfate reducer).

Desulfobacter hydrogenophilus Widdel 1988, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to hydrogeniphilus (N.L. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. hydrogeniphilus, hydrogen loving).

Desulfobacter vibrioformis Lien and Beeder 1997, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to vibrioniformis (L. v. vibrio, vibrate; N.L. n. Vibrio onis, a bacterial generic name; L. adj. suffix -formis is e, -like, of the shape of; N.L. masc. adj. vibrioniformis, vibrio shaped).

Desulfobacterium Bak and Widdel 1988, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfatibacterium (L. pref. de, from; N.L. n. sulfas atis, sulfate; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Desulfatibacterium, a small rod-shaped sulfate reducer).

Desulfobacterium macestii Gogotova and Vainstein 1989, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to macestense (N.L. neut. adj. matsestense referring to Matsesta, Russia).

Desulfobacula Rabus et al. 2000, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfatibacula (L. pref. de, from; N.L. n. sulfas atis, sulfate; L. fem. n. bacula ae, small berry, especially small olive; N.L. fem. n. Desulfatibacula, a sulfate-reducing, small berry shaped bacterium).

Desulfobacula toluolica Rabus et al. 2000, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to toluenilica (N.L. n. toluenum, toluene; N.L. fem. adj. toluenilica, pertaining to toluene).

Desulfobulbus Widdel 1981, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfatibulbus (L. pref. de, from; N.L. n. sulfas atis, sulfate; L. n. bulbus, onion; N.L. masc. n. Desulfatibulbus, onion-shaped sulfate reducer).

Desulfocapsa Janssen et al. 1997, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfaticapsa (L. pref. de, from; N.L. n. sulfas atis, sulfate; Gr. n. capsa, box).

Desulfocapsa sulfexigens corrig. Finster et al. 2000, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to sulfurexigens (L. n. sulfur uris, sulfur; L. v. exigere, to demand; N.L. part. adj. sulfurexigens, demanding sulfur [for growth]).

Desulfocella Brandt et al. 1999, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfuricella (L. pref. de, from; L. n. sulfur uris, sulfur; L. n. cella, small room, cell; N.L. n. Desulfuricella, sulfate-reducing cell) or to Desulfaticella (L. pref. de, from; N.L. n. sulfas atis, sulfate; L. n. cella, small room, cell; N.L. n. Desulfaticella, sulfate-reducing cell).

Desulfococcus Widdel 1981, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfaticoccus (L. pref. de, from; N.L. n. sulfas atis, sulfate; Gr. n. coccos, grain; N.L. masc. n. Desulfaticoccus, a spherical-shaped sulfate-reducer).

Desulfofaba Knoblauch et al. 1999, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfurifaba (L. pref. de, from; L. n. sulfur is, sulfur; L. fem. n. faba, a bean; N.L. fem. n., Desulfurifaba, a sulfate-reducing bean).

Desulfofrigus Knoblauch et al. 1999, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfurifrigus (L. pref. de, from; L. n. sulfur is, sulfur; L. neut. n. frigus, cold; N.L. neut. n., Desulfurifrigus, sulfate reducer living in the cold).

Desulfofrigus oceanense Knoblauch et al. 1999, sp. nov.
The adjective oceanium (L. adj. oceanius a um, belonging to the ocean) seems better than oceanense.

Desulfofustis Friedrich et al. 1996, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfatifustis (L. pref. de, off; N.L. n. sulfas atis, sulfate; L. n. fustis, stick, club; N.L. masc. n. Desulfatifustis, a sulfate-reducing club).

Desulfohalobium Ollivier et al. 1991, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfatihalobius (L. pref. de, from; N.L. n. sulfas atis, sulfate; Gr. n. hals, the sea, salt; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. adj. halobius a um, living on salt; N.L. masc. n. Desulfatihalobius, a sulfate-reducing salt-requiring rod-shaped bacterium).

Desulfohalobium retbaense Ollivier et al. 1991, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to retbense (referring to Retba Lake).

Desulfomicrobium Rozanova et al. 1994, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfatimicrobium (L. pref. de, from; N.L. n. sulfas atis, sulfate; Gr. adj. mikros, small; Gr. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. microbium, microbe; N.L. neut. n. Desulfatimicrobium, a small rod-shaped sulfate reducer).

Desulfomicrobium macestii (Gogotova and Vainstein 1989) Hippe et al. 2003, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to macestense (N.L. neut. adj. matsestense referring to Matsesta, Russia).

Desulfomonas Moore et al. 1976, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfurimonas (L. pref. de, from; L. n. sulfur uris, sulfur; Gr. n. monas, unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Desulfurimonas, a cell that reduces sulfur compounds).

Desulfomonile DeWeerd et al. 1991, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfatimonile (L. pref. de, from; N.L. n. sulfas atis, sulfate; L. n. monile is, necklace; N.L. neut. n. Desulfatimonile, a necklace-shaped sulfate-reducer).

Desulfonatronovibrio Zhilina et al. 1997, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfatinatronovibrio (L. pref. de, negative; N.L. n. sulfas atis, sulfate; N.Gr. n. natron arbitrarily derived from the Arabic n. natrun or natron, soda; N.L. n. Vibrio, a bacterial generic name; N.L. masc. n. Desulfatinatronovibrio, sulfate-reducing curved rod from a soda environment).

Desulfonatronovibrio hydrogenovorans Zhilina et al. 1997, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to hydrogenivorans (N.L. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen; L. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. part. adj. hydrogenivorans, hydrogen consuming).

Desulfonema Widdel 1981, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfatinema (L. pref. de, from; N.L. n. sulfas atis, sulfate; Gr. n. nema, thread; N.L. neut. n. Desulfatinema, thread-forming sulfate reducer).

Desulforegula Rees and Patel 2001, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfatiregula (L. pref. de, from; N.L. n. sulfas atis, sulfate; L. n. regula, a straight piece of wood or ruler; N.L. fem. n. Desulfatiregula, a sulfate reducing bacterium shaped like a ruler).

Desulforhabdus Oude Elferink et al. 1997, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfatirhabdus (L. pref. de, from; N.L. n. sulfas atis, sulfate; Gr. n. rhabdus, rod; N.L. masc. n. Desulfatirhabdus, a rod-shaped sulfate reducer).

Desulfosarcina Widdel 1981, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfatisarcina (L. pref. de, from; N.L. n. sulfas atis, sulfate; N.L. n. Sarcina, a bacterial generic name; N.L. fem. n. Desulfatisarcina, sarcina-like sulfate reducer).

Desulfospira Finster et al. 1997, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfatispira (L. pref. de, from; N.L. n. sulfas atis, sulfate; L. n. spira, a spiral; N.L. fem. n. Desulfatispira, a sulfate-reducing coil or spiral).

Desulfosporosinus Stackebrandt et al. 1997, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfurisporosinus (L. pref. de, from; N.L. n. sulfur uris, sulfur; Gr. n. spora, seed; L. n. sinus, bend; N.L. masc. n. Desulfurisporosinus, a spore-forming curved [organism] that reduces sulfur compounds).

Desulfotalea Knoblauch et al. 1999, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfuritalea (L. pref. de, from; L. n. sulfur is, sulfur; L. fem. n. talea, a rod; N.L. fem. n., Desulfurifaba, a sulfate-reducing rod).

Desulfotomaculum Campbell and Postgate 1965, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfuritomaculum (L. pref. de, from; L. n. sulfur uris, sulfur; L. n. tomaculum, sausage; N.L. neut. n. Desulfuritomaculum, a sausage (-shaped organism) that reduces sulfur compounds).

Desulfotomaculum luciae Liu et al. 1997, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to luciense (referring to St. Lucia).

Desulfotomaculum thermoacetoxidans Min and Zinder 1995, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to thermacetoxydans (Gr. adj. thermos, hot; L. n. acetum, vinegar; N.L. n. acidum aceticum, acetic acid; no extra connecting vowel is required; Gr. adj. oxus, acid or sour and in combined words indicating oxygen; N.L. v. oxydo, to make acid, oxidize; N.L. part. adj. thermacetoxydans, thermophilic, oxidizing acetate).

Desulfotomaculum thermosapovorans Fardeau et al. 1995, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to thermosaponivorans (Gr. adj. thermos, hot; L. n. sapo onis, soap; L. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. part. adj. thermosaponivorans, a thermophilic organism devouring soap).

Desulfovibrio Kluyver and van Niel 1936, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfurivibrio (L. pref. de, from; L. n. sulfur uris, sulfur; L. v. vibrio, vibrate; N.L. n. Vibrio, a bacterial generic name; N.L. masc. n. Desulfurivibrio, a vibrio that reduces sulfur compounds).

Desulfovibrio alcoholovorans Qatibi et al. 1995, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to alcoholivorans (N.L. n. alcohol olis, alcohol; L. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. part. adj. alcoholivorans, alcohol devouring).

Desulfovibrio aminophilus Baena et al. 1999, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to aminiphilus (N.L. n. aminum, amine; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. aminiphilus, amino acid loving).

Desulfovibrio fructosovorans Ollivier et al. 1990, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to fructosivorans (N.L. n. fructosum, fructose; L. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. part. adj. fructosivorans, fructose devouring).

Desulfovibrio sapovorans Widdel 1981, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to saponivorans (L. n. sapo onis, soap; L. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. part. adj. saponivorans, devouring soap).

Desulfovibrio sulfodismutans Bak and Pfennig 1988, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to sulfuridismutans (L. n. sulfur uris, sulfur).

Desulfovibrio termitidis Trinkerl et al. 1991, sp. nov.
The N.L. adj. termitidis has been used the first time by Leidy in 1881 ("Spirochaeta termitidis" Leidy 1881) and subsequently by several authors. However, termitidis is incorrect because the adjectival suffix "-idis -is -e" does not exist in Latin!
It is more correct to use a genitive and this specific epithet should be changed to termitis (L. n. termes -itis, a worm that eats wood, a woodworm, and in zoology the name of a scientific genus; L. gen. n. termitis, of a termite) or termitum (L. gen. pl. n. termitum, of termites).

Desulfovirga Tanaka et al. 2000, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfativirga (L. pref. de, from; N.L. n. sulfas atis, sulfate; L. fem. n. virga, twig, rod; Desulfativirga, sulfate-reducing rod.).

Desulfurobacterium L'Haridon et al. 1998, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfuribacterium (L. pref. de, from; L. n. sulfur uris, sulfur; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. n. Desulfuribacterium, sulphur-reducing rod-shaped bacterium.).

Desulfurococcaceae Zillig and Stetter 1983, fam. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfuricoccaceae (see: Desulfurococcus Zillig and Stetter 1983).

Desulfurococcales Huber and Stetter 2002, ord. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfuricoccales (see: Desulfurococcus Zillig and Stetter 1983).

Desulfurococcus Zillig and Stetter 1983, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfuricoccus (L. pref. de, from; L. n. sulfur uris, sulfur; Gr. n. coccos, grain, berry; N.L. masc. n. Desulfuricoccus, sulfur-reducing coccus).

Desulfurolobus Zillig and Böck 1987, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfurilobus (L. pref. de, from; L. n. sulfur uris, sulfur; L. n. lobus, lobe; N.L. masc. n. Desulfurilobus, lobed sulfur-reducing organism).

Desulfuromonas Pfennig and Biebl 1977, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfurimonas (L. pref. de, from; L. n. sulfur uris, sulfur; Gr. n. monas, unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Desulfurimonas, a cell that reduces sulfur compounds).

Desulfuromusa Liesack and Finster 1994, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Desulfurimusa (L. pref. de, from; L. n. sulfur uris, sulfur; N.L. n. musa, banana; N.L. fem. n. Desulfurimusa, a banana-shaped bacterium that reduces sulfur).

Desulfuromusa kysingii Liesack and Finster 1994, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to kysingensis (named after the Kysing Fjord south of Arhus).

Desulfuromusa succinoxidans Liesack and Finster 1994, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to succinatoxydans (N.L. n. succinas atis, succinate; Gr. adj. oxus, acid or sour and in combined words indicating oxygen; N.L. v. oxydo, to make acid, oxidize; N.L. part. adj. succinatoxydans, oxidizing succinate).

Dethiosulfovibrio Magot et al. 1997, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Dethiosulfativibrio (L. pref. de, from; Gr. n. thium, sulfur; L. n. sulfur uris, sulfur; N.L. n. thiosulfas atis, thiosulfate; L. v. vibrio, to vibrate; N.L. n. Vibrio, a bacterial generic name; N.L. masc. n. Dethiosulfativibrio, a vibrio that reduces thiosulfate).

Dethiosulfovibrio acidaminovorans Surkov et al. 2001, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to acidaminivorans (N.L. n. acidum, acid; N.L. n. aminum, amine; L. part. adj. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. acidaminivorans, amino acid digesting).

Dethiosulfovibrio peptidovorans Magot et al. 1997, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to peptidivorans (N.L. n. peptidum, peptide; L. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. part. adj. peptidivorans, peptide consuming).

Ectothiorhodospira haloalkaliphila Imhoff and Süling 1997, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Ectothiorhodospira halalkaliphila (Gr. n. hals, salt; Arabic article al, the; Arabic n. qaliy, ashes of saltwort; French n. alcali, alkali; N.L. n. alcali, alkali; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. fem. adj. halalkaliphila, loving briny and alkaline media) because the second compound starts with a vowel and no extra connecting vowel is required (Appendix 9).

Ehrlichia ruminantium (Cowdry 1925) Dumler et al. 2001, comb. nov.
According to Rule 57a and according to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to ruminatorum (L. n. ruminator -oris, ruminant; L. gen. pl. n. ruminatorum, of ruminants). The noun ruminator has been used by Arnobius (Adversus nationes, 7, 24): "non similiter 'fendicas', quae et ipsae sunt hirae, quas plebis oratio illas solet cum eloquitur nuncupare, non ratione eadem et 'rumas', quae sunt prima in gurgulionibus capita, qua et deicere cibos et referre natura est ruminatoribus saeculis".
However, ruminantium may be correct if the epithet is derived from the zoological taxonomic term Ruminantia (neut. nominative plural) the ruminants.

Enterobacter gergoviae Brenner et al. 1980, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Enterobacter gergoviensis (referring to Gergovia, Latin name of Gergovie).

Enterobacter kobei Kosako et al. 1997, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to kobensis (referring to Kobe).

Enterobacter taylorae Farmer et al. 1985, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Enterobacter tayloriae (named in honor of Joan Taylor).

Enterococcus cecorum (Devriese et al. 1983) Williams et al. 1989, comb. nov.
In strict accordance with the rules of Latin and latinization, the spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to caecorum (L. n. caecum intestinum, not cecum intestinum, sacculated diverticulum of the large intestine). - Reference: GAFFIOT (F.): Dictionnaire latin français. Hachette, Paris, 1934.

Enterococcus haemoperoxidus Švec et al. 2001, sp. nov.
According to the rules of Latin and latinisation, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to haematoperoxydus (Gr. n. haima -atos (Latin transliteration haema -atos), blood; Gr. prefix per, intensification; Gr. adj. oxus, acid or sour and in combined words indicating oxygen; N.L. masc. adj. haematoperoxydus, blood peroxyde, derived from the ability of the species to decompose hydrogen peroxyde).

Enterococcus pseudoavium Collins et al. 1989, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Enterococcus pseudavium (Gr. pseudes, false; L. gen. pl. n. avium, a bacterial specific epithet; N.L. n. pseudavium, false [Enterococcus] avium) because the second compound starts with a vowel and no extra connecting vowel is required (Appendix 9).

Erwinia carotovora (Jones 1901) Bergey et al. 1923, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Erwinia carotivorax (L. n. carota, carrot; L. adj. vorax, devouring; N.L. adj. carotivorax, carrot devourer).

Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica (van Hall 1902) Dye 1969, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Erwinia carotivorax (L. n. carota, carrot; L. adj. vorax, devouring; N.L. adj. carotivorax, carrot devourer) subsp. atriseptica (L. adj. ater tra trum, black; Gr. adj. septicus, producing a putrefaction; N.L. adj. atriseptica, producing a black putrefaction).

Erwinia carotovora subsp. betavasculorum Thomson et al. 1984, subsp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Erwinia carotivorax (L. n. carota, carrot; L. adj. vorax, devouring; N.L. adj. carotivorax, carrot devourer) subsp. betavasculorum.

Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora (Jones 1901) Bergey et al. 1923, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Erwinia carotivorax subsp. carotivorax (L. n. carota, carrot; L. adj. vorax, devouring; N.L. adj. carotivorax, carrot devourer).

Erwinia carotovora subsp. odorifera Gallois et al. 1992, subsp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Erwinia carotivorax (L. n. carota, carrot; L. adj. vorax, devouring; N.L. adj. carotivorax, carrot devourer) subsp. odorifera.

Erwinia carotovora subsp. wasabiae Goto and Matsumoto 1987, subsp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Erwinia carotivorax (L. n. carota, carrot; L. adj. vorax, devouring; N.L. adj. carotivorax, carrot devourer) subsp. wasabiae.

Erwinia tracheiphila (Smith 1895) Bergey et al. 1923, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Erwinia trachiiphila (L. n. trachia, the windpipe; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. fem. adj. trachiiphila, trachea-loving).

Erwinia uredovora (Pon et al. 1954) Dye 1963, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Erwinia uredinivorax (L. n. uredo inis, blight; L. adj. vorax, devouring; N.L. fem. adj. uredinivorax, blight-devouring).

Eubacterium acidaminophilum Zindel et al. 1989, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Eubacterium acidaminiphilum (N.L. n. acidum, acid; N.L. adj. aminus, amino; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. adj. acidaminiphilum, amino acid loving).

Eubacterium alactolyticum (Prévot and Taffanel 1942) Holdeman and Moore 1970, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Eubacterium alactilyticum (Gr. pref. a, not; L. n. lac lactis, milk; Gr. adj. lutikos: able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus a um, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. alactilyticum, not milk digesting).

Eubacterium cellulosolvens (Bryant et al. 1958) Holdeman and Moore 1972, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Eubacterium cellulosisolvens (N.L. n. cellulosum, cellulose; L. part. adj. solvens, dissolving; N.L. part. adj. cellulosisolvens, cellulose-dissolving).

Eubacterium ruminantium Bryant 1959, nom. approb.
According to Rule 57a and according to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to ruminatorum (L. n. ruminator -oris, ruminant; L. gen. pl. n. ruminatorum, of ruminants). The noun ruminator has been used by Arnobius (Adversus nationes, 7, 24): "non similiter 'fendicas', quae et ipsae sunt hirae, quas plebis oratio illas solet cum eloquitur nuncupare, non ratione eadem et 'rumas', quae sunt prima in gurgulionibus capita, qua et deicere cibos et referre natura est ruminatoribus saeculis".
However, ruminantium may be correct if the epithet is derived from the zoological taxonomic term Ruminantia (neut. nominative plural) the ruminants.

Excellospora Agre and Guzeva 1975, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Excellentispora (L. part. excellens tis, prominent; Gr. n. spora, seed; N.L. n. Excellentispora, referring to the special structure of the spores).

Exiguobacterium Collins et al. 1984, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Exiguibacterium (L. adj. exiguus, small; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Exiguibacterium, a short rodlet).

Ferrobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002, class. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Ferribacteria (L. n. ferrum, iron).

Ferroglobus Hafenbradl et al. 1997, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Ferriglobus (L. n. ferrum, iron; L. n. globus, ball, globe; N.L. masc. n. Ferriglobus, iron globe).

Ferroplasma Golyshina et al. 2000, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Ferriplasma (L. n. ferrum i, iron; Gr. n. plasma plasmatis, anything formed or molded; N.L. neut. n. Ferriplasma, a ferrous-iron-oxidizing form).

Ferroplasmaceae Golyshina et al. 2000, fam. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Ferriplasmataceae (L. n. ferrum i, iron; Gr. n. plasma plasmatis, anything formed or molded; N.L. n. Ferriplasma [Ferroplasma (sic)], a bacterial generic name; suff. -aceae, ending to denote family; N.L. fem. n. Ferriplasmataceae, the Ferriplasma family).

Fervidobacterium Patel et al. 1985, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Fervidibacterium (L. adj. fervidus, boiling; Gr. dim. n. backterion, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Fervidibacterium, a caldoactive rod).

Fibrobacter Montgomery et al. 1988, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Fibribacter (L. n. fibra, fiber or filament in plants or animals; N.L. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Fibribacter, a rod specialized to subsist on fiber).

Fibrobacter succinogenes (Hungate 1950) Montgomery et al. 1988, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to succinicigenes (N.L. n. acidum succinicum, succinic acid; Gr. v. gennaio, produce; N.L. part. adj. succinicigenes, succinic acid producing).

Fibrobacter succinogenes subsp. elongatus corrig. Montgomery et al. 1988, subsp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to succinicigenes (N.L. n. acidum succinicum, succinic acid; Gr. v. gennaio, produce; N.L. part. adj. succinicigenes, succinic acid producing).

Fibrobacter succinogenes subsp. succinogenes (Hungate 1950) Montgomery et al. 1988, subsp. nov.
According to to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spellings of the specific epithet and of the subspecific epithet should be changed to succinicigenes subsp. succinicigenes (N.L. n. acidum succinicum, succinic acid; Gr. v. gennaio, produce; N.L. part. adj. succinicigenes, succinic acid producing).

Filobacillus Schlesner et al. 2001, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Filibacillus (L. n. filum, thread; L. n. bacillus, a little staff, rod; N.L. masc. n. Filobacillus, a thread-shaped bacteria).

Filomicrobium Schlesner 1988, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Filimicrobium (L. n. filum, thread; Gr. adj. mikros, small; Gr. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. microbium, microbe; N.L. neut. n. Filimicrobium, a thread-shaped bacteria).

Flammeovirga Nakagawa et al. 1997, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Flammeivirga (L. adj. flammeus, fire colored; L. n. virga, rod; N.L. fem. n. Flammeivirga, a fire colored rod).

Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach et al. 1992, fam. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Flavibacteriaceae (see: Flavobacterium Bergey et al. 1923 [Approved Lists 1980]).

Flavobacterium Bergey et al. 1923, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Flavibacterium (L. adj. flavus a um, yellow; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Flavibacterium, a yellow bacterium).

Flavobacterium indologenes Yabuuchi et al. 1983, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to indoligenes (N.L. n. indolum, indol; Gr. v. gennaio, produce; N.L. part. adj. indoligenes, indole-producing).

Flavobacterium indoltheticum Campbell and Williams 1951, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to indolitheticum (N.L. n. indolum, indol; Gr. adj. theticus, positive; N.L. neut. adj. indolitheticum, indole-positive).

Flavobacterium marinotypicum ZoBell and Upham 1944, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to marinitypicum (L. adj. marinus a um, of the sea; Gr. adj. typicus, typical; N.L. neut. adj. marinitypicum, typical of the sea) or to maritypicum (L. n. mare is, the sea; Gr. adj. typicus, typical; N.L. neut. adj. maritypicum, typical of the sea).

Flavobacterium oceanosedimentum Carty and Litchfield 1978, nom. approb.
According to Recommendation 6 (7), the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to okeanosedimentum (Gr. n. okeanos, ocean; connecting vowel, o; L. n. sedimentum i, a settling, subsidence; N.L. neut. adj. okeanosedimentum, intended to mean from marine sediments).It is possible to correct the specific epithet to oceanisedimentum (L. n. oceanus i, ocean, connecting vowel, i; L. n. sedimentum i, a settling, subsidence; N.L. neut. adj. oceanisedimentum, intended to mean from marine sediments).

Flavobacterium pectinovorum (Reichenbach 1989) Bernardet et al. 1996, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to pectinivorax (N.L. n. pectinum, pectin; L. adj. vorax, voracious; N.L. neut. adj. pectinivorax, pectin devouring or destroying).

Flavobacterium resinovorum Delaporte and Daste 1956, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to resinivorax (L. n. resina, resin; L. adj. vorax, voracious; N.L. neut. adj. resinivorax, resin swallowing).

Flectobacillus Larkin et al. 1977, nom. approb.
The nomenclatural name Flexibacillus (L. part. adj. flexus a um, curved; L. n. bacillus, a little staff, rod; N.L. masc. n. Flexibacillus, curved rod) seems better than Flectobacillus (L. v. flecto, to curve).

Flexibacter ovolyticus Hansen et al. 1992, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to ovilyticus (L. n. ovum -i, egg; Gr. adj. lutikos: able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. ovilyticus, egg damaging).

Flexibacter sancti Lewin 1969, nom. approb.
As Reichenbach 1989 says, the etymology of the specific epithet is not clear. If this taxon is named in honour of S. Santos, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to santosii. - Reference: REICHENBACH (H.): Genus Flexibacter Soriano 1945, 92AL emend. In: J.T. STALEY, M.P. BRYANT, N. PFENNIG and J.G. HOLT (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 1989, vol. 3. The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore., p. 2061-2071.

Flexithrix dorotheae Lewin 1970, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Flexithrix dorothyae (named after Mrs. Dorothy White).

Fluoribacter bozemanae Garrity et al. 1980, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Fluoribacter bozemaniae (named in honor of F. Marilyn Bozeman).

Frankineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997, subord. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Frankiineae (N.L. n. Frankia, stem Franki-, suffix -ineae; N.L. n. Frankiineae).

Fusobacterium Knorr 1922, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Fusibacterium (L. n. fusum or fusus, a spindle; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Fusibacterium, a small spindle-shaped rod).

Fusobacterium gonidiaformans (Tunnicliff and Jackson 1925) Moore and Holdeman 1970, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to gonidiiformans (N.L. n. gonidium, gonidium; L. part. adj. formans, forming; N.L. part. adj. gonidiiformans, gonidia-forming).

Gemella haemolysans (Thjøtta and Bøe 1938) Berger 1960, nom. approb.
According to the rules of Latin and latinisation, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to haematolysans (Gr. n. haima -atos (Latin transliteration haema -atos), blood; Gr. v. lyo, loosen; N.L. part. adj. haematolysans, dissolving blood).

Gemmobacter Rothe et al. 1988, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Gemmibacter (L. n. gemma, a bud; N.L. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Gemmibacter, a budding rod).

Geobacillus caldoxylosilyticus (Ahmad et al. 2000) Fortina et al. 2001, comb. nov.
According to the rules of Latin and latinisation, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to caldixylosilyticus (L. adj. caldus, hot; N.L. neut. n. xylosum, xylose; Gr. adj. lutikos, able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, dissolving; N.L. adj. caldixylosilyticus, hot and xylose-degrading).

Geobacter hydrogenophilus Coates et al. 2001, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to hydrogeniphilus (N.L. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. n. hydrogeniphilus, hydrogen lover).

Geobacter sulfurreducens Caccavo et al. 1995, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Geobacter sulfurireducens (L. n. sulfur uris, sulfur; L. v. reducere, to draw backwards, bring back to a state or condition; N.L. part. adj. sulfurireducens, sulfur reducing).

Glaciecola Bowman et al. 1998, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization the original spelling should be changed to Glacicola (L. n. glacies ei, ice; L. suff. -cola derived from incola, inhabitant, dweller; N.L. n. Glacicola, inhabitant of ice).

Gluconacetobacter corrig. Yamada et al. 1998, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Gluconicacetibacter (N.L. n. acidum gluconicum, gluconic acid; L. n. acetum, vinegar; no extra connecting vowel is required; Gr. n. baktron, rod; N.L. masc. n. Gluconicacetibacter, gluconate vinegar rod).

Gluconacetobacter azotocaptans Fuentes-Ramírez et al. 2001, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to azoticaptans (N.L. n. azotum, nitrogen; L. part. adj. captans, catching; N.L. part. adj. azoticaptans, nitogen-catching).

Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus (Gillis et al. 1989) Yamada et al. 1998, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to diazotitrophicus (Gr. pref. di, two, double; French n. azote, nitrogen; N.L. n. azotum i, nitrogen; Gr. adj. trophikos, nursing, tending or feeding; N.L. masc. adj. diazotitrophicus, one that feeds on dinitrogen).

Gluconobacter Asai 1935, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Gluconicibacter (N.L. n. acidum gluconicum, gluconic acid; Gr. n. baktron, rod; N.L. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Gluconicibacter, gluconic acid rod) or Gluconatibacter (N.L. n. gluconas atis, gluconate; Gr. n. baktron, rod; N.L. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Gluconatibacter, gluconate rod).

Glycomycineae Rainey et al. 1997 (complete authorship reads Rainey, Ward-Rainey and Stackebrandt), subord. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Glycomycetineae (Gr. adj. glycus, sweet; Gr. n. mukês -êtos, mushroom or other fungus; N.L. n. Glycomyces Glycomycetis, a generic name; suff. -ineae, ending to denote a suborder; N.L. fem. n. Glycomycetineae, the Glycomyces suborder).

Granulicatella adiacens (Bouvet et al. 1989) Collins and Lawson 2000, comb. nov.
According to Recommendation 6 (7), the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to adjacens (L. part. adj. adjacens entis, adjacent).

Haemobartonella Tyzzer and Weinman 1939, nom. approb.
According to the rules of Latin and latinisation, the original spelling should be changed to Haematobartonella (Gr. n. haima -atos (Latin transliteration haema -atos), blood; N.L. fem. n. Bartonella, a genus of bacteria; N.L. fem. n. Haematobartonella, the blood [-inhabiting] Bartonella).

Haemophileae Castellani and Chalmers 1919, nom. approb.
According to the rules of Latin and latinisation, the original spelling should be changed to Haematophileae (N.L. masc. n. Haematophilus corrig. a genus of bacteria; L. ending -eae, to denote a tribe; Haematophileae, the Haemophilus tribe).

Haemophilus Winslow et al. 1917, nom. approb.
According to the rules of Latin and latinisation, the original spelling should be changed to Haematophilus (Gr. n. haima -atos (Latin transliteration haema -atos), blood; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, loving; N.L. masc. n. Haematophilus, the blood lover).

Haemophilus actinomycetemcomitans (Klinger 1912) Potts et al. 1985, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to actinomyceticomitans (Gr. n. aktis, a ray; Gr. n. mukês -êtos, mushroom or other fungus; N.L. n. actinomyces etis, an actinomycete; L. part. adj. comitans, accompanying; N.L. part. adj. actinomyceticomitans, accompanying an actinomycete).

Haemophilus haemoglobinophilus (Lehmann and Neumann 1907) Murray 1939, nom. approb.
According to the rules of Latin and latinisation, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to haematoglobiniphilus (N.L. n. haematoglobinum -i, (not haemoglobinum), hemoglobin; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, loving; N.L. masc. adj. haematoglobiniphilus, hemoglobin-loving).

Haemophilus haemolyticus Bergey et al. 1923, nom. approb.
According to the rules of Latin and latinisation, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to haematolyticus (Gr. n. haima -atos (Latin transliteration haema -atos), blood; Gr. adj. lutikos: able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. haematolyticus, blood dissolving).

Haemophilus parahaemolyticus Pittman 1953, nom. approb.
According to the rules of Latin and latinisation, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to parahaematolyticus (Gr. prep. para, alongside of, resembling; N.L. masc. adj. haematolyticus corrig., a specific epithet; N.L. masc. adj. parahaematolyticus, [Haematophilus corrig.] haematolyticus corrig. -like).

Haemophilus paraphrohaemolyticus Zinnemann et al. 1971, nom. approb.
According to the rules of Latin and latinisation, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to paraphrohaematolyticus (N.L. masc. adj. aphrophilus, a specific epithet; N.L. masc. adj. paraphrophilus, resembling [Haematophilus corrig.] aphrophilus; Gr. n. haima -atos (Latin transliteration haema -atos), blood; Gr. adj. lutikos: able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. haematolyticus, blood dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. paraphrohaematolyticus, like [Haematophilus corrig.] aphrophilus but hemolytic).

Halanaerobium corrig. Zeikus et al. 1984, gen. nov.
According to the rules of Latin and latinisation, the original spelling should be changed to Halanaerobius, because the Greek noun bios is in the masculine gender.

Haloarcula Torreblanca et al. 1986, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Halarcula (Gr. n. hals, salt; L. n. arcula, small box; N.L. fem. n. Halarcula, salt [-requiring] small box) because the second compound starts with a vowel and no extra connecting vowel is required (Appendix 9).

Halobacillus salinus Yoon et al. 2003, sp. nov.
The Latin adjective salinus -a -um does not exist. In Latin, salted = salsus -a -um or salitus -a -um or salsicius -a -um. Consequently the right specific epithet should be changed to salsus or salitus or salcicius.

Halobacterium mediterranei Rodriguez-Valera et al. 1983, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to mediterraneum (L. neut. adj. mediterraneum, referring to Mediterranean sea).

Halobacterium sodomense Oren 1983, sp. nov.
The nomenclatural names Halobacterium sodomitanum (L. adj. sodomitanus a um, referring to Sodoma, Latin name of Sodome) or Halobacterium sodomiticum (L. adj. sodomiticus a um, referring to Sodoma) seem better than the nomenclatural name Halobacterium sodomense.

Halobacteroides acetoethylicus Rengpipat et al. 1989, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to acetethylicus because the second compound starts with a vowel and no extra connecting vowel is required (Appendix 9).

Halobacteroides lacunaris Zhilina et al. 1992, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Halobacteroides lacunae (L. n. lacuna, hole; L. gen. n. lacunae, of a hole) or lacunarum (L. gen. pl. n. lacunarum, of holes). In Latin, lacunar aris is a wainscot.

Halobaculum gomorrense Oren et al. 1995, sp. nov.
The nomenclatural names Halobaculum gomorraeum (L. adj. gomorraeus a um, referring to Gomorra, Latin name of Gomorrhe) or Halobaculum gomorrhaeum (L. adj. gomorrhaeus a um, referring to Gomorrha, Latin name of Gomorrhe) seem better than Halobaculum gomorrense.

Haloferax alexandrinus Asker and Ohta 2002, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to alexandrinum (L. adj. alexandrinus -a -um, pertaining to Alexandria; L. neut. adj. alexandrinum, pertaining to Alexandria) because the genus Haloferax is in the neuter gender [see: TORREBLANCA (M.), RODRIGUEZ-VALERA (F.), JUEZ (G.), VENTOSA (A.), KAMEKURA (M.) and KATES (M.): Classification of non-alkaliphilic halobacteria based on numerical taxonomy and polar lipid composition, and description of Haloarcula gen. nov. and Haloferax gen. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1986, 8, 89-99.].

Haloferax mediterranei (Rodriguez-Valera et al. 1983) Torreblanca et al. 1987, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to mediterraneum (L. neut. adj. mediterraneum, referring to Mediterranean sea).

Haloincola Zhilina et al. 1992, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Halincola (Gr. n. hals, the sea, salt; L. masc. n. incola, the inhabitant, dweller; N.L. masc. n. Halincola, inhabitant of salt) because the second compound starts with a vowel and no extra connecting vowel is required (Appendix 9).

Halomonas aquamarina (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Dobson and Franzmann 1996, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Halomonas aquimarina (L. n. aqua, water; L. adj. marinus a um, of the sea; N.L. fem. adj. aquimarina, pertaining to sea water).

Halomonas salina (Valderrama et al. 1991) Dobson and Franzmann 1996, comb. nov.
The Latin adjective salinus -a -um does not exist. In Latin, salted = salsus -a -um or salitus -a -um or salsicius -a -um. Consequently the right specific epithet should be changed to salsa or salita or salcicia.

Halomonas subglaciescola Franzmann et al. 1987, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the specific epithet should be changed to subglacicola (L. prefix sub, below; L. n. glacies -ei, ice; L. suff. -cola derived from incola, inhabitant, deweller; N.L. n. subglacicola, a species which dwells below ice).

Halorubrobacterium Kamekura and Dyall-Smith 1996, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Halorubribacterium (Gr. n. hals, halos the sea, salt; L. adj. ruber bra brum red; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. n. Halorubribacterium, a small halophilic red rod).

Halorubrobacterium sodomense (Oren 1983) Kamekura and Dyall-Smith 1996, comb. nov.
The nomenclatural names Halorubrobacterium sodomitanum (L. adj. sodomitanus a um, referring to Sodoma, Latin name of Sodome) or Halorubrobacterium sodomiticum (L. adj. sodomiticus a um, referring to Sodoma) seem better than Halorubrobacterium sodomense.

Halorubrum sodomense (Oren 1983) McGenity and Grant 1996, comb. nov.
The nomenclatural names Halorubrum sodomitanum (L. adj. sodomitanus a um, referring to Sodoma, Latin name of Sodome) or Halorubrum sodomiticum (L. adj. sodomiticus a um, referring to Sodoma) seem better than the nomenclatural name Halorubrum sodomense.

Helicobacter cholecystus Franklin et al. 1997, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to cholecystis (Gr. n. chole, bile; Gr. n. kustis, bladder; N.L. n. cholecystis, gallbladder; N.L. gen. n. cholecystis, relating to the gallbladder).

Helicobacter salomonis Jalava et al. 1997, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to salomonii (named in honor of Hugo Salomon).

Herbaspirillum Baldani et al. 1986, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Herbispirillum (L. n. herba, herb; N.L. dim. n. spirillum, small spiral; N.L. neut. n. Herbispirillum, small spiral-shaped bacteria from herbaceous seed-bearing plants).

Herbaspirillum seropedicae Baldani et al. 1986, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to seropedicense (referring to Seropédica).

Herbidospora Kudo et al. 1993, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Herbidispora (L. adj. herbidus a um, grassy; Gr. n. spora, a seed; N.L. fem. n. Herbidispora, organism forming spores like grass).

Hollandina (ex To et al. 1978) Bermudes et al. 1988, gen. nov., nom. rev.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Hollandeia or Hollandea or Hollandella (named in honor of A. Hollande).

Hydrogenobacter Kawasumi et al. 1984, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Hydrogenibacter (N.L. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen; N.L. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Hydrogenibacter, hydrogen rod).

Hydrogenobacter acidophilus Shima and Suzuki 1993, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to acidiphilus (L. adj. acidus a um, sour; N.L. n. acidum, acid; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. acidiphilus, acid-loving).

Hydrogenobaculum Stöhr et al. 2001, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Hydrogenibaculum (N.L. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen; L. n. baculum, small rod; N.L. n. Hydrogenibaculum, hydrogen oxidizer bacterium).

Hydrogenophaga Willems et al. 1989, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Hydrogeniphaga (N.L. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen; Gr. v. phagein, to eat; N.L. fem. n. Hydrogeniphaga, eater of hydrogen).

Hydrogenophilus Hayashi et al. 1999, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Hydrogeniphilus (N.L. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. n. Hydrogeniphilus, hydrogen lover).

Hydrogenothermus Stöhr et al. 2001, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Hydrogenithermus (N.L. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen; Gr. v. gennao, produce; Gr. n. thermos, hot; N.L. n. Hydrogenithermus, warm hydrogen oxidizer).

Hydrogenovibrio Nishihara et al. 1991, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Hydrogenivibrio (N.L. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen; N.L. n. Vibrio, a bacterial generic name; N.L. masc. n. Hydrogenivibrio, hydrogen vibrio).

Hymenobacter roseosalivarius Hirsch et al. 1999, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to roseisalivarius (L. adj. roseus, rose colored; L. adj. salivarius salivary, slimy; N.L. n. roseisalivarius, indicating a rose colored bacterium surrounded by much polymer).

Hyphomicrobium facile subsp. ureaphilum corrig. Hirsch 1989, subsp. nov.
According to the rules of Latin and latinisation, the original spelling of the subspecific epithet should be changed to ureiphilum (N.L. n. urea -ae, urea; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, loving; N.L. neut. adj. ureiphilum, urea loving). In Sneath's opinion, it seems implausible to treat urea as having the root ure-. However, according to Latin grammar, the stem of urea is ure-. - Reference: SNEATH (P.H.A.): Correction of orthography of epithets in Pasteurella and some problems with recommendations on latinization. Letter to the Editor. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1992, 42, 658-659.

Hyphomicrobium hollandicum Hirsch 1989, sp. nov.
The nomenclatural name Hyphomicrobium batavum (L. adj. batavus a um, of Batavia (now Holland) seems better than the nomenclatural name Hyphomicrobium hollandicum.

Hyphomicrobium methylovorum Izumi et al. 1983, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Hyphomicrobium methylovorax [N.Gr. n. methyl (from Gr. n. methu, wine and Gr. n. hulê, wood), the methyl radical; L. adj. vorax, voracious; N.L. n. methylovorax, methyl devourer].

Hyphomonas neptunium (Leifson 1964) Moore et al. 1984, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to neptunia (L. fem. adj. neptunia, pertaining to Neptunius, Roman god of the sea).

Idiomarina fontislapidosi Martínez-Cánovas et al. 2004, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to fontilapidosi (L. n. fons -tis, spring; L. adj. lapidosus, stony; N.L. gen. n. fontislapidosi, of the stony spring).

Janthinobacterium De Ley et al. 1978, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Janthinibacterium (L. adj. janthinus, violet-colored; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Janthinibacterium, a small violet-colored rod).

Kingella indologenes Snell and Lapage 1976, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Kingella indoligenes (N.L. n. indolum, indol; Gr. v. gennao, produce; N.L. part. adj. indoligenes, indole-producing).

Kingella kingae (Henriksen and Bøvre 1968) Henriksen and Bøvre 1976, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Kingella kingiae (named in honor of Elizabeth O. King).

Kitasatospora mediocidica Labeda 1988, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Kitasatospora mediocidinica (N.L. n. mediocidinum, name of an antibiotic).

Kitasatospora setae corrig. Ōmura et al. 1983, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to setensis (referring to Seta).

Klebsiella ornithinolytica Sakazaki et al. 1989, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Klebsiella ornithinilytica (N.L. n. ornithinum, ornithine; Gr. adj. lutikos: able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus a um, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. ornithinilytica, ornithine-dissolving).

Kluyvera Farmer et al. 1981, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Kluyveria or Kluyverella or Kluyveriella (named in honor of A.J. Kluyver).

Kluyvera georgiana Müller et al. 1996, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to georgiensis (referring to Georgia).

Kocuria kristinae (Kloos et al. 1974) Stackebrandt et al. 1995, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Kocuria kristiniae (named for the first name of Kristin Holding, from whom this organism was originally isolated).

Kutzneria viridogrisea (Okuda et al. 1966) Stackebrandt et al. 1994, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Kutzneria viridigrisea (L. adj. viridis is e, green; N.L. adj. griseus a um, gray; N.L. fem. adj. viridigrisea, green, gray).

Lachnospira pectinoschiza Cornick et al. 1994, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Lachnospira pectinischiza (N.L. n. pectinum, pectin; Gr. adj. schizon, splitting; N.L. fem. adj. pectinischiza, pectin splitting).

Lactobacillaceae Winslow et al. 1917, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Lactibacillaceae (see: Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 [Approved Lists 1980]).

Lactobacilleae Winslow et al. 1920, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Lactibacilleae (see: Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 [Approved Lists 1980]).

Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Lactibacillus (L. n. lac lactis, milk; L. n. bacillus, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Lactibacillus, milk rodlet).

Lactobacillus acetotolerans Entani et al. 1986, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to acetitolerans (L. n. acetum, vinegar; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. acetitolerans, vinegar [acetic acid] tolerating).

Lactobacillus acidophilus (Moro 1900) Hansen and Mocquot 1970, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to acidiphilus (L. adj. acidus a um, sour; N.L. n. acidum, acid; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. acidiphilus, acid-loving).

Lactobacillus amylovorus Nakamura 1981, sp. nov.
The Latin word vorus does not exist and the specific epithet should be changed to amylovorax.

Lactobacillus catenaformis corrig. (Eggerth 1935) Moore and Holdeman 1970, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Lactobacillus cateniformis (L. n. catena, chain; L. n. forma, form, shape; L. adj. suffix -formis is e, -like, of the shape of; N.L. masc. adj. cateniformis, chainlike).

Lactobacillus collinoides Carr and Davies 1972, nom. approb.
The N.L. adjective collinidus (L. adj. collinus, hilly; Gr. n. idus, form, shape; L. suff. -idus; N.L. masc. adj. collinidus, hill-shaped, pertaining to colony form) seems better than the N.L. adj. collinoides.

Lactobacillus coryniformis Abo-Elnaga and Kandler 1965, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to coryneformis (Gr. n. coryne, a club; L. n. forma, form, shape; N.L. adj. formis is e, shaped; N.L. masc. adj. coryneformis, club-shaped).

Lactobacillus coryniformis subsp. coryniformis Abo-Elnaga and Kandler 1965, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific and subspecific epithets should be changed to coryneformis (Gr. n. coryne, a club; L. n. forma, form, shape; N.L. masc. adj. formis is e, shaped; N.L. masc. adj. coryneformis, club-shaped).

Lactobacillus coryniformis subsp. torquens Abo-Elnaga and Kandler 1965, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to coryneformis (Gr. n. coryne, a club; L. n. forma, form, shape; N.L. adj. formis is e, shaped; N.L. masc. adj. coryneformis, club-shaped).

Lactobacillus fornicalis Dicks et al. 2000, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to fornicis (L. n. fornix icis, arch, vault; N.L. n. fornix icis, fornix; N.L. gen. n. fornicis, of the (posterior) fornix).

Lactobacillus fructivorans Charlton et al. 1934, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to fructosivorans (N.L. n. fructosum, fructose; L. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. part. adj. fructosivorans, fructose-devouring).

Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens Fujisawa et al. 1988, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to kefiranifaciens (N.L. n. kefiran, a polysaccharide of kefir grain; L. v. facio, produce; N.L. part. adj. kefiranifaciens, producing polysaccharide of kefir grain).

Lactobacillus kefirgranum Takizawa et al. 1994, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to kefirigranum (Turkish n. kefir, Caucasian sour milk; N.L. n. kefir, Caucasian sour milk; L. n. granum, grain; N.L. adj. (sic) kefirigranum, kefir frain). The name kefirigrani (N.L. gen. n. kefirigrani, of the kefir grain) seems better than kefirigranum or kefirgranum.

Lactobacillus vaccinostercus Kozaki and Okada 1983, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to vaccinistercus (L. adj. vaccinus a um, from cow; L. n. stercus, dung; N.L. masc. adj. (sic) vaccinistercus, from cow dung). The names vaccinistercoris (L. adj. vaccinus a um, from cow; L. n. stercus oris, dung; N.L. gen. n. vaccinistercoris, from cow dung) or vaccinistercoreus (L. adj. vaccinus a um, from cow; L. adj. stercoreus a um, pertaining to dung; N.L. masc. adj. vaccinistercoreus, from cow dung) seem better than vaccinistercus or vaccinostercus.

Lactococcus Schleifer et al. 1986, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Lacticoccus (L. n. lac lactis, milk; Gr. n. coccos, a grain; N.L. masc. n. Lacticoccus, milk coccus).

Lactococcus raffinolactis (Orla-Jensen and Hansen 1932) Schleifer et al. 1988, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to raffinosilactis (N.L. n. raffinosum, raffinose; L. n. lac lactis, milk).

Lactosphaera Janssen et al. 1995, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Lactisphaera (L. n. lac lactis, milk; Gr. n. sphaera, a sphere; N.L. fem. n. Lactisphaera, a lactic acid-producing sphere).

Lamprobacter modestohalophilus Gorlenko et al. 1988, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to modestihalophilus (L. adj. modestus a um, moderate; Gr. n. hals, salt; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. modestihalophilus, moderate salt loving).

Lamprocystis roseopersicina (Kützing 1849) Schroeter 1886, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Lamprocystis roseipersicina (L. adj. roseus a um, rosy; Gr. n. persicus, the peach; N.L. fem. adj. roseipersicina, rosy peach-colored).

Legionella bozemanae corrig. Brenner et al. 1980, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Legionella bozemaniae (named in honor of F. Marilyn Bozeman).

Legionella cherrii Brenner et al. 1985, sp. nov.
rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Legionella cherryi (named in honor of W.B. Cherry).

Legionella geestiana Dennis et al. 1993, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Legionella geestensis (referring to the Geest office building).

Legionella gratiana Bornstein et al. 1991, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Legionella gratiani (named for the Roman emperor Gratianus).

Legionella jamestowniensis Brenner et al. 1985, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Legionella jamestownensis (referring to Jamestown).

Legionella jordanis Cherry et al. 1982, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Legionella jordanensis (referring to Jordan River).

Legionella longbeachae McKinney et al. 1982, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Legionella longbeachensis (referring to Long Beach).

Legionella parisiensis Brenner et al. 1985, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Legionella parisensis (referring to Paris).

Legionella sainthelensi Campbell et al. 1984, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Legionella sainthelensensis (referring to Mt. St. Helens).

Legionella santicrucis Brenner et al. 1985, sp. nov.
According to Trüper, if the name of a locality consists of two words and if it lends itself to translation into Latin, a specific epithet may be formed as a genitive substantive by forming the genitive of the two components and concatenating them without a hyphen. According to that, the latinisation of Santa Crux is sancticrucis (L. adj. sanctus a um, sacred; crux crucis, a cross) not santicrucis. However, in Latin the basic noun comes first, the determining word (adjective or noun) second, and the correct latinisation of Santa Crux should be crucissancti.

Legionella worsleiensis Dennis et al. 1993, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Legionella worsleyensis (referring to Worsley).

Leisingera methylohalidivorans Schäfer et al. 2002, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to methylihalidivorans (N.L. n. methylihalidum, methyl halide; L. part. adj. vorans, devouring; N.L. adj. methylihalidivorans, degrading methyl halides).

Lentzea albidocapillata Yassin et al. 1995, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Lentzea albidicapillata (L. adj. albidus a um, white; L. adj. capillatus a um, hairy; N.L. fem. adj. albidicapillata, white and hairy).

Leptonema illini Hovind-Hougen 1983, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Leptonema illinoisense (referring to Illinois).

Leptospirillum ferrooxidans (ex Markosyan 1972) Hippe 2000, sp. nov., nom. rev.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Leptospirillum ferroxydans (L. n. ferrum, iron; Gr. adj. oxus, acid or sour and in combined words indicating oxygen; N.L. v. oxydo, to make acid, oxidize; no extra connecting vowel is required; N.L. part. adj. ferroxydans, iron-oxidizing).

Leptospirillum thermoferrooxidans Hippe 2000, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Leptospirillum thermoferroxydans (Gr. adj. thermos, hot; L. n. ferrum, iron; Gr. adj. oxus, acid or sour and in combined words indicating oxygen; N.L. v. oxydo, to make acid, oxidize; no extra connecting vowel is required; N.L. part. adj. thermoferroxydans, warm iron-oxidizing).

Leptothrix cholodnii Mulder and van Veen 1963, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Leptothrix cholodnyi (named in honor of Cholodny).

Leuconostoc argentinum Dicks et al. 1993, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Leuconostoc argentinense (referring to Argentine).

Listeria ivanovii subsp. londoniensis Boerlin et al. 1992, subsp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Listeria ivanovii subsp. londonensis (referring to London, Canada).

Luteococcus Tamura et al. 1994, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Luteicoccus (L. adj. luteus a um, yellow; Gr. n. coccos, grain, berry; N.L. masc. n. Luteicoccus, yellow coccus).

Macrococcus bovicus Kloos et al. 1998, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to bovilis (L. adj. bovilis e, relating to cows) or bovillus (L. adj. bovillus a um, relating to cows) or bovinus (L. adj. bovinus a um, relating to cows) or bubulus (L. adj. bubulus a um, relating to cows).

Macrococcus caseolyticus (Schleifer et al. 1982) Kloos et al. 1998, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Macrococcus caseilyticus (L. n. caseus, cheese; Gr. adj. lutikos: able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus a um, able to loose; N.L. masc. adj. caseilyticus, casein-dissolving).

Malonomonas Dehning and Schink 1990, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Malonatimonas (N.L. n. malonas atis, malonate; Gr. n. monas, unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Malonatimonas, malonate monad).

Mannheimia haemolytica (Newsom and Cross 1932) Angen et al. 1999, comb. nov.
According to the rules of Latin and latinisation, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to haematolytica (Gr. n. haima -atos (Latin transliteration haema -atos), blood; Gr. adj. lutikos: able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. haematolytica, blood dissolving).

Marinilabilia agarovorans (Reichenbach 1989) Nakagawa and Yamasato 1996, comb. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Marinilabia agarivorans (Malayan n. agar, agar; N.L. n. agarum, agar; L. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. part. adj. agarivorans, agar-consuming).

Marinobacter Gauthier et al. 1992, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Marinibacter (L. adj. marinus a um, of the sea; Gr. n. baktron, rod; N.L. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Marinibacter, rod of the sea).

Marinobacter aquaeolei Nguyen et al. 1999, sp. nov.
The name Marinobacter aquolei (L. n. aqua ae, water; L. n. oleum i, oil; no extra connecting vowel is required; N.L. gen. n. aquolei, from water of oil, isolated from an oil-field brine) seems better than Marinobacter aquaeolei.

Marinobacterium González et al. 1997, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Marinibacterium (L. adj. marinus a um, of the sea; L. neut. n. bacterium; N.L. neut. n. Marinibacterium, a small marine rod).

Marinococcus Hao et al. 1985, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Marinicoccus (L. adj. marinus a um, of the sea; Gr. n. coccos, a grain; N.L. masc. n. Marinicoccus, a marine coccus).

Marinomonas van Landschoot and De Ley 1984, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Marinimonas (L. adj. marinus a um, of the sea; Gr. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Marinimonas, a marine monad).

Marinospirillum Satomi et al. 1998, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization the original spelling should be changed to Marinispirillum (L. adj. marinus, of the sea; L. n. spira, a spiral; N.L. dim. n. spirillum, a small spiral; N.L. n. Marinispirillum, a small spiral from the sea).

Marinospirillum megaterium Satomi et al. 1998, sp. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to megaloterium (Gr. adj. megas, megale, mega, big; Gr. n. teras, teratis, monster, beast; N.L. n. megaloterium, big beast).

Megamonas Shah and Collins 1983, gen. nov.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Megalomonas (Gr. adj. megas, megale, mega, big; Gr. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Megalomonas, big monad).

Megasphaera Rogosa 1971, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling should be changed to Megalosphaera (Gr. adj. megas, megale, mega, big; Gr. n. sphaera, a sphere; N.L. fem. n. Megalosphaera, big sphere).

Melittangium alboraceum (Peterson 1959) McCurdy 1971, nom. approb.
According to rules of Latin and latinization, the original spelling of the specific epithet should be changed to albiracemosum (L. adj. albus a um, white; L. adj. racemosus a um, implying a stalk; N.L. neut. adj. albiracemosum (not N.L. neut. adj. alboraceum), implying a white stalk).