Emendation of Appendix 9 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes to regulate the use of connecting vowels in compound names after stems ending in the same vowel.

Abstract

Following a proposal to emend Appendix 9 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes with guidelines to regulate the use of connecting vowels in compound names after stems ending in the same vowel, I here report the outcome of the ballot on this proposal by the members of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. The new guidelines to be incorporated in Appendix 9 are presented.