Names of microorganisms and data resources to retrieve information about published names.

This chapter deals with the process of giving names to newly discovered microorganisms and assigning names to them that are correctly formed in agreement with the rules of the relevant code of nomenclature: the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes for the prokaryotes (Archaea and Bacteria, including a small number of cyanobacteria), and the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants for the microfungi and for most cyanobacteria. In-depth discussions will be devoted to the online databases and handbooks, where updated information can be found about all names with standing in the nomenclature.