A molecular phylogeny of enteric bacteria and implications for a bacterial species concept

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1236-1248

  Wertz, J E ^a   Goldstone, C ^a   Gordon, D M ^b   Riley, M A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auxiliary; Core; Enterobacteriaceae; Genome; Phylo phenetic; Prokaryotic; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES CONCEPT;

ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAFNIA ALVEI; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PHYLO; PROKARYOTA; SERRATIA; SERRATIA PLYMUTHICA;

EID: 0242627658     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00612.x     Document Type: Article

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