Opinion: The species problem, can we achieve a universal concept?

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 323-326

  Rosselló Mora, Ramon ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Monism; Reductionism; Species concept; Universality

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

DNA SEQUENCE; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; SPECIES; STANDARDIZATION;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0141593799     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/072320203322497347     Document Type: Article

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