Polyphasic taxonomy, a consensus approach to bacterial systematics

Microbiological Reviews

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 407-438

  Vandamme, P ^a   Pot, B ^a   Gillis, M ^a   De Vos, P ^a   Kersters, K ^a   Swings, J ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; ISOPRENOID; POLYAMINE; RNA 16S;

BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0029942146     PISSN: 01460749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.60.2.407-438.1996     Document Type: Review

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