I understand that italics are used when writing the genus and the species together, for example, when writing 'Lactobacillus acidophilus', but if I were writing just 'Lactobacillus', would that need to be in italics?!
When do I use italics when naming bacteria?
Yes, since the scientific name is considered to be a foreign language, it is supposed to be italicized (or underlined if writing freehand - unfortunately Yahoo Answers supports neither font change).
If you are refering to the Lactobacillus acidophilus bacteria in a paper after it has been named once in the paper already, it is acceptable to shorten the scientific name to L. acidophilus, but both the L. and the specific epithet still need to be in italics.
The other bits of the scientific classification (such as the Family, Order, Class, etc.) don't need to be italicized. They are considered Anglicized Latin, and so don't need to be differentiated as foreign words. It also makes it easier to pick out the specific scientific names of species at a glance through a paper.
Reply:it is determined by convention
u use italic when u type it
u just underline them separately when u write it
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