Bubonic plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and therefore, the nomenclature used to write the name of the infectious agent is that of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes and not the ICTV which deals only with viruses.
Bubonic plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and therefore, the nomenclature used to write the name of the infectious agent is that of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes and not the ICTV which deals only with viruses.
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Eduardo,
You are correct. The use of capitalization and italics as indicated in the article above, is meant for official, ICTV-approved taxon names. Proposed, but not yet approved taxon names should be…