Prokaryotic taxonomy and phylogeny in the genomic era: advancements and challenges ahead

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 504-509

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

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOME; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; TAXONOMY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 35748954014     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2007.08.006     Document Type: Review

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