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AMA Manual of Style (10th edition ed.) : A Guide for Authors and Editors

AMA Manual of Style Committee

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
Mar 2007
Print ISBN-13:
9780195176339
Published to AMA Manual of Style:
Apr 2009
DOI:
10.1093/jama/9780195176339.001.0001
© American Medical Association
Contents

Names of Organisms

Chapter:
References
Author(s):

Cheryl Iverson

3.9.3 Names of Organisms

In all titles, follow the style recommended for capitalization and use of italics in scientific names of organisms (see 10.3.6, Capitalization, Proper Nouns, Organisms, and 15.14, Nomenclature, Organisms and Pathogens). Use roman type for genus and species names in book titles.