A Systematics for Discovering the Fundamental Units of Bacterial Diversity

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Cohan, Frederick M ^a   Perry, Elizabeth B ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34247884459     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.03.032     Document Type: Review

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