The bacterial species definition in the genomic era

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1475, 2006, Pages 1929-1940

  Konstantinidis, Konstantinos T ^a,b   Ramette, Alban ^a,c   Tiedje, James M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial species; Comparative genomics; Genome sequencing; Species concept; Species definition

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; GENOMICS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PHYLOGENETICS; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; EUKARYOTA; SHEWANELLA;

EID: 33751217150     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1920     Document Type: Conference Paper

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