The Gram stain: A declining synapomorphy in an emerging evolutionary tree

Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-110

  Shah, Haroun N ^a   Gharbia, Saheer E ^a   Collins, Matthew D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial cell wall; Bacterial evolution; Bacterial phylogeny; Bacterial taxonomy; Gram stain

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0030936734     PISSN: 0954139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013542-199704000-00006     Document Type: Article

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