This volume contains the edition of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria approved by the Plenary Session of the Fifteenth International Congress of Microbiology, Osaka, 1990, together with lists of conserved and rejected bacterial names and of Opinions issued by the Judicial Commission. The Statutes of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology (ICSB) and the Statutes of the Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology Division of the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS), formerly the Bacteriology Section of the International Association of Microbiological Societies (IAMS), are also included. Some minor editorial changes have been required where the 1975 edition referred to actions in the future.
Copyright © 1992, International Union of Microbiological Societies.