Some of the names in my area of interest (Glomeromycota) are wrong. But often it is not possible to locate the person originally submitting the sequences. But I think (perhaps I am wrong) that only the submitter can make changes. Do you know of anybody who can make such changes?
You can contact NCBI/GenBank and sometimes they are willing to make changes.In general, you are right and thy will only allow the original author to make a change.
I missed this question. Taxonomic curators do adjust names through synonymy to reflect a currently accepted name and will assess (sometimes with expert input or after newly published information) when a change should be made. The current database is structure only allows only one choice for a currently accepted name although we can display a second choice in bracket in cases where there is need.
You can contact me directly for fungal names or send a general update request for assessment to [email protected].
Thanks Conrad. I will send you an email. The name isn't a matter of the change of a currently accepted name, but simply a wrong name (it is not the species it is said to be).