diff --git a/app/pods/components/scientific-name/component.js b/app/pods/components/scientific-name/component.js
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index 40bf39c..0000000
--- a/app/pods/components/scientific-name/component.js
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@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import Ember from 'ember';
-
-export default Ember.Component.extend({
-  tagName: 'span',
-  strain: null, // passed in
-});
diff --git a/app/pods/components/scientific-name/template.hbs b/app/pods/components/scientific-name/template.hbs
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index 1f3609e..0000000
--- a/app/pods/components/scientific-name/template.hbs
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<em>{{strain.species.speciesName}}</em> (strain {{strain-name strain=strain}})
diff --git a/tests/unit/components/scientific-name-test.js b/tests/unit/components/scientific-name-test.js
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index b6a7957..0000000
--- a/tests/unit/components/scientific-name-test.js
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@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import {
-  moduleForComponent,
-  test
-} from 'ember-qunit';
-
-moduleForComponent('scientific-name', {
-  // specify the other units that are required for this test
-  // needs: ['component:foo', 'helper:bar']
-});
-
-test('it renders', function(assert) {
-  assert.expect(2);
-
-  // creates the component instance
-  var component = this.subject();
-  assert.equal(component._state, 'preRender');
-
-  // renders the component to the page
-  this.render();
-  assert.equal(component._state, 'inDOM');
-});