- Combinatio nova
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Combinatio nova, abbreviated comb. nov., is Latin for "new combination".
It is used in life sciences literature when a new name is introduced, e.g. when Calymmatobacterium granulomatis was renamed Klebsiella granulomatis it was referred to as Klebsiella granulomatis comb. nov. to denote it is a new combination.[1]
See also
References
- ^ O'Farrell N (December 2002). "Donovanosis". Sex Transm Infect 78 (6): 452–7. doi:10.1136/sti.78.6.452. PMC 1758360. PMID 12473810. http://sti.bmj.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=12473810.
External links
- Basonyms, new combinations - bacterio.cict.fr.
Categories:- Latin words and phrases
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