Selling species (from today's Science)

[B. J. Tindall]

Dear John,
You should know that Recommendation 10a of the Bacteriological Code frowns
on that! Not guilty this time, it is a sea snail:

Bufonaria borisbeckeri (taken from Die Zeit)

Brian

At 07:03 24.1.2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Brian: What did he buy? -- the name of a bacterium?  John.
>John McNeill
>
><<< "B. J. Tindall" <bti at DSMZ.DE>  1/24  6:44a >>>
>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.
>>
>>
>
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