Genomics and the bacterial species problem

Genome Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Ford Doolittle, W ^a   Papke, R Thane ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEISSERIA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33845890829     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2006-7-9-116     Document Type: Article

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