Response to Jarrell and Albers: seven letters less does not say more

Wirth, Reinhard (2012) Response to Jarrell and Albers: seven letters less does not say more. TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY, 20 (11). pp. 511-512. ISSN 0966-842X, 1878-4380

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Abstract

Jarrell and Albers [1] argue that motility structures called flagella should be renamed as archaella in one of the three domains of life, namely the Archaea. In their text the authors present an excellent comparison of flagella from the two domains Bacteria and Archaea (the third domain, Eukarya, is covered less completely). The new name archaellum, however, does not give any new information on the motility structure itself. I argue that the substitution of the phrase 'archaeal flagellum' by 'archaellum' does not lead to more clarity, but will lead to confusion: seven letters less does not say more!

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: MOTILITY STRUCTURE; archaeal flagellum; archaellum
Subjects: 500 Science > 570 Life sciences
Divisions: Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie > Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie (Archaeenzentrum) > Prof. Dr. Reinhard Wirth
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 26 Jul 2023 12:35
Last Modified: 26 Jul 2023 12:35
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/17859

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