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Life Sciences => Cells, Microbes & Viruses => Topic started by: rubymelia on 26/11/2018 20:32:44

Title: When to use italics in a write up?
Post by: rubymelia on 26/11/2018 20:32:44

I am currently writing a medicinal chemistry review on penicillins for my university dissertation. I am wanting to mention streptococci but should the word be in italics? And also should the beginning letter be upper or lower case?
Thanks

Title: Re: When to use italics in a write up?
Post by: chris on 29/11/2018 16:59:28

Species names in long, abbreviated and species / group name forms are traditionally italicised: e.g. Streptococcus sp. and Strep. pneumoniae

If you were saying "Streptococcal infection", you probably wouldn't italicise that.