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Bacteria: Additional Terminology
Harriet S. Meyer
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
There is no “official” classification of bacteria… [B]acterial classifications are devised for micro- biologists, not for the entities being classified. Bacteria show little interest in the matter of ...
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Biological Nomenclature
AMA Manual of Style Committee
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Scientific names are labels used in place of lengthy descriptions. A scientific name corresponds to a set of formally defined attributes. The meanings of scientific names are internationally ...
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Organisms and Pathogens
Harriet S. Meyer
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Intemperate language should not be used in any discussion or writing which involves zoological nomenclature, and all debates should be conducted in a courteous and friendly manner. Code of Ethics, ...
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Prions
Harriet S. Meyer
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
The following are disease names and abbreviations of spongiform encephalopathies,: (Do not confuse “kudu” and “kuru.”) The infectious agents of TSEs are known as TSE agents or prions. The term prion ...
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Virus Nomenclature
Harriet S. Meyer
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Viruses evolve rapidly…. [A]denovirus, for example, may produce 250 000 DNA molecules in an infected cell…. Leslie Collier and John Oxford(p12) Taxonomy lies at the uneasy interface between biology ...
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