The International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (ICNB) or Bacteriological Code governs the nomenclature (scientific name) for bacteria, including the archaea (bacteria).
Originally, the bacteria were named according to the botanical nomenclature. From 1958 the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria and Viruses was used. A special scientific journal was established: the International Bulletin of Bacterial Nomenclature and Taxonomy, later continued as International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology (IJSB) and now as International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (IJSEM).
The Bacteriological Code is supervised by the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP); formerly the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology, ICSB). The Bacteriological Code sets the rules for naming the taxonomic groups of bacteria and controls the position of taxonomic ranges relative to each other.
In 1980 all existing names have been revised; Only the names in the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (once established) may be used.
For a name after 1980, the ICSP will determine whether the naming complies with the Bacteriological Code, if so, it will be published in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (IJSEM). Literature
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