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18:01 Jul 9, 2011

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Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / Microbiology

Spanish term or phrase: Salmonella

El texto es el siguiente: "Se entiende por salmonella el género perteneciente a la familia enterobactericeae integrado por microorganismos...".

Mi duda es si "salmonella" y "enterobacteriaceae" en inglés se escriben en cursiva, con mayúscula o cómo. He encontrado páginas sobre nomenclatura científica pero no todas dicen lo mismo.
Muchas gracias.

laycock KudoZ activity Questions: 204 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (8 closed without grading) Answers: 20
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Salmonella

Explanation:
Write Salmonella with a capital S and in italics (cursiva) as it refers to the genus. Write Enterobacteriaceae (no italics) with a capital E because it refers to the family.

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Charlotte Rose
Local time: 07:11

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Muchas gracias a todos los que habéis respondido.
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4 +6

Salmonella

Charlotte Rose

5 +2

Salmonella

eski

5 +1

Salmonella (in italics); salmonella(s) (in roman type)

Muriel Vasconcellos

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Salmonella

meirs

Discussion entries: 3

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16 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Salmonella

Explanation:
Salmonella:

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Salmonella - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaSalmonella is a genus of bacteria. It is a major cause of illness throughout the world. The bacteria are generally passed on to humans by eating or drinking ...
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Salmonella - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaSalmonella is closely related to the Escherichia genus and are found ...
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Saludos
erski :))

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eski
:))

eski
Mexico
Local time: 00:11
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish

18 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

Salmonella

Explanation:
Write Salmonella with a capital S and in italics (cursiva) as it refers to the genus. Write Enterobacteriaceae (no italics) with a capital E because it refers to the family.

Charlotte Rose
Local time: 07:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Muchas gracias a todos los que habéis respondido.

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Salmonella (in italics); salmonella(s) (in roman type)

Explanation:
This issue came up when I was writing a style manual for the World Health Organization, and I studied the topic in school last semster.

1. References to the genus Salmonella alone (without the specific epithet), and any genus, are **usually** written in italics in running text, but there is some flexibility. Some style sheets allow you to leave it in roman type, and it is increasingly common to see it not italicized. If you are translating for publication in a journal, you should check to see if the subject is mentioned in its style rules. See:
http://www.academicjournals.org/IJPPB/Instruction.htm.

2. Common bacteria have entered into the language and may also be also shown in roman type with a lowercase initial letter. When it's written that way, you can pluralize it and apply other word formation rules. I have seen this done even in scientific journals, alongside the capitalized form.

3. However, because this gets confusing, and because there are a lot of nitpickers who are quick to judge, it's safer to keep the initial capital and italicize it in running text.

4. Of course you should always write it in italics if you are using a binomial species name--e.g., Salmonella enterica. There is no flexibility about that in running text.

5. In lists of species names, tables--i.e., contexts other than running text--it is proper to NOT italicize.

6. As others have indicated, family names, like Enterbacteriaceae, are written in roman type with an initial capital. There's no confusion; they are always written the same way. And BTW, it's redundant to say "the family Enterbacteriaceae" because -aceae means 'family'. Like 'pizza pie'.

These comments are drawn from long experience with a multitude of references, style sheets, and class lectures.

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 22:11
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

Reference comments

5 mins

Reference: Salmonella

Reference information:
With capital "S" (con mayúscula) - it is a proper name and is named for pathologist Daniel Elmer Salmon.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmonella

meirs
Israel
Native speaker of:

Romanian

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