Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion.

In the period from January 2001, at least 207 new names proposed in articles in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology or cited in Validation Lists are not in accordance with Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. The purpose of the present Request for an Opinion is to clarify the status of the names listed and to provide a solution whereby they may be considered to be validly published.