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Bacteria: Additional Terminology.
Cheryl Iverson
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (11 ed.)
For general guidelines on biological nomenclature that apply to bacteria, see 14.14.1, Biological Nomenclature. Rules for bacterial nomenclature are found in the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria. 8 Sources of bacterial names available on the web are the List of Prokaryotic Names With Standing in Nomenclature...Biological Nomenclature.
Cheryl Iverson
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (11 ed.)
UPDATE: In the large table of clinical terms in chapter 13.11 and in chapter 14.14.1, the spelling of Pneumocystis jirovecii was corrected. The original spelling jiroveci was introduced when the organism was thought to be a parasite, but when it was instead determined to be a fungus, the species was updated to jirovecii in accordance with the naming of algae, fungi, and plants. In addition, the note to use quotation marks was removed from ...Prions.
Cheryl Iverson
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (11 ed.)
Disease names and abbreviations of spongiform encephalopathies are given in Table 14.14-14.1 , 17 , 18 , 19 (Do not confuse “kudu” and “kuru.”) The infectious agents of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are known as TSE agents or prions. The term prion (from “proteinaceous infectious particle”) reflects the agents’ proposed association or identity with spongiform encephalopathy–related pathologic proteins. Follow author preference for the terms ...Virus Nomenclature.
Cheryl Iverson
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (11 ed.)
UPDATE: Table 14.14-10. Viruses of Humans was updated to add a row entry for the newly identified severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The genus for SARS and MERS was updated to correctly list Betacoronavirus. These changes were made May 28, 2020 . Most medical articles describe concrete viral entities and, therefore, use the common (vernacular, informal) names of viruses (eg, cytomegalovirus, Hantaan virus, orthopoxviruses). To indicate taxonomic groups, formal virus names are used (eg, ...View:
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