Re-evaluating prokaryotic species

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 733-739

  Gevers, Dirk ^a   Cohan, Frederick M ^b   Lawrence, Jeffrey G ^c   Spratt, Brian G ^d   Coenye, Tom ^a   Feil, Edward J ^e   Stackebrandt, Erko ^f   Van de Peer, Yves ^g   Vandamme, Peter ^a   Thompson, Fabiano L ^h   Swings, Jean ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^f LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURKHOLDERIA; DNA BINDING; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

BURKHOLDERIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 23944437942     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1236     Document Type: Review

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