The species concept for prokaryotes

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-67

  Rosselló Mora, Ramon ^a,b   Amann, Rudolf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA DNA similarity; Phenetic analysis; Phylogenetic reconstruction; Species concept

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; EUKARYOTE; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035174578     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(00)00040-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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