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camwynWent poking around science stuff on the Web the other day and wound up at a web site for microbiologists. Specifically, for a very particular subset of bacteriophage researchers:
"Welcome to the Actinobacteriophage Database at PhagesDB.org, an interactive site that collects and shares information related to the discovery, characterization, and genomics of phages that infect bacterial hosts within the phylum Actinobacteria."
In future I respectfully request that anyone who tries to claim that science is serious and dull and banal or anything else along those lines please go to the site in question and look up the Naming Rules For Actinobacteriophages. Rule 1 of Phage Club is "Do not name your phage after Nicolas Cage."
No, seriously.
Do not name your phage after Nicolas Cage.
Avoid words that already have specific meanings in biology, such as phage, pham, cluster, virus, capsid, or myco (or their derivatives or homophones). Please do not try to get around this rule by using words such as “fage” or “MileyVyrus.”
Similarly, avoid making your phage sound like a disease. Stay away from “Georgeitis”, “Veronicalgia”, and “Marcilepsy”.
Avoid all CAPS. In addition to making your phage name seem angry or like it forgot to turn off Caps Lock, these names often appear similar to old systematic names which we are trying to avoid.
"Welcome to the Actinobacteriophage Database at PhagesDB.org, an interactive site that collects and shares information related to the discovery, characterization, and genomics of phages that infect bacterial hosts within the phylum Actinobacteria."
In future I respectfully request that anyone who tries to claim that science is serious and dull and banal or anything else along those lines please go to the site in question and look up the Naming Rules For Actinobacteriophages. Rule 1 of Phage Club is "Do not name your phage after Nicolas Cage."
No, seriously.
Do not name your phage after Nicolas Cage.
Avoid words that already have specific meanings in biology, such as phage, pham, cluster, virus, capsid, or myco (or their derivatives or homophones). Please do not try to get around this rule by using words such as “fage” or “MileyVyrus.”
Similarly, avoid making your phage sound like a disease. Stay away from “Georgeitis”, “Veronicalgia”, and “Marcilepsy”.
Avoid all CAPS. In addition to making your phage name seem angry or like it forgot to turn off Caps Lock, these names often appear similar to old systematic names which we are trying to avoid.
