Towards a prokaryotic genomic taxonomy

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-167

  Coenye, Tom ^a   Gevers, Dirk ^a,b   Van De Peer, Yves ^b   Vandamme, Peter ^a   Swings, Jean ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Microarrays; Microbial taxonomy; Multilocus sequence typing; Prokaryotic species concept; Whole genome sequences

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOSS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HYBRIDIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 15944379273     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsre.2004.11.004     Document Type: Review

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