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The genus and species -- the two least parts of a full taxonomic ID -- are written in italics (because they're Latin), with the first letter of the Genus capitalized only

For example the scientific name for the African clawed frog is written as follows:

Xenopus laevis



Yeast is wriiten as:

Saccharomyces cerviseae

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