Selling species (from today's Science)

[B. J. Tindall]

If I recall correctly Boris Becker (the German tennis star) has already
bought himself the honor about two weeks ago.
Brian Tindall

At 18:21 21.1.2000 EST, you wrote:
>The list may be interested in the following news item from today's Science
>(287:  421):
>
>--------------------------------
>TAXONOMY:
>Researchers Cash In on Personalized Species Names
>
>Sabine Steghaus-Kovac
>
>In return for a donation to biodiversity research, you can now have a
>previously unknown species named after you and recorded in the scientific
>literature for perpetuity. The scheme, dubbed BIOPAT, was registered last
>week as a nonprofit organization in Germany. Its founders hope it will become
>a valuable source of funding for the unglamorous fields of systematics and
>taxonomy, as well as supporting conservation in the new species' home
>countries.
>
>
>--------------------------------------------
>
>I always wondered how I could get a species named after me without all that
>tedious work!
>
>Mark Garland
>Florida Department of Environmental Protection
>2600 Blair Stone Road, Mail Station 2500
>Tallahassee, Florida 32399
>U.S.A.
>
>


********************************************************************
* Dr.B.J.Tindall      E-MAIL bti at dsmz.de                           *
* DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH *
* Mascheroder Weg 1b, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany                *
* Tel.: ++ 531 2616 0 (general)                                    *
* Tel.: ++ 531 2616 224 (direct)                                   *
* Fax:  ++ 531 2616 418                                            *
* Fax:  ++ 531 2616 491 (ISDN)                                     *
*                                                                  *
* Homepage: http://www.dsmz.de/index.html                          *
* E-MAIL: help at dsmz.de (general enquiries)                         *
*         sales at dsmz.de (sales)                                    *
********************************************************************