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1990 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Trends in Standardization of Vocabulary in Microbiology
Author : Micah I. Krichevsky
Published in: The Terminology of Biotechnology: A Multidisciplinary Problem
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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Historically, biologists have established formal rules for the naming of organisms. The drive to standardize the naming conventions in biology, including microbiology, began long before the advent of computers and the attendant construction of databases. The wish to classify gave the impetus to the creation of procedures and standards for publishing and legitimizing the names of taxa.