Towards a genome-based taxonomy for prokaryotes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 6258-6264

  Konstantinidis, Konstantinos T ^a   Tiedje, James M ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SPECIES; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STANDARD; STANDARDIZATION; TAXONOMY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 24944587193     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.18.6258-6264.2005     Document Type: Article

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