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Changes in pharyngeal aerobic microflora in oral breathers after palatal rapid expansion

Angela P Cazzolla, Giuseppina Campisi*, Grazia M Lacaita, Marco A Cuccia, Antonio Ripa, Nunzio F Testa, Domenico Ciavarella and Lorenzo Lo Muzio

BMC Oral Health 2006, 6:2 doi:10.1186/1472-6831-6-2

Species designation (Diplococcus pneumoniae)

Ernesto Garc��a   (2008-06-24 18:18)  Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas, CSIC email

I really do not understand how it is possible to accept and publish a paper in 2008 naming the pneumococcus as "Diplococcus pneumoniae", a very old designation of Streptococcus pneumoniae, which is in disuse from long time ago.

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