Identifying the fundamental units of bacterial diversity: A paradigm shift to incorporate ecology into bacterial systematics

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2504-2509

  Koeppel, Alexander ^a   Perry, Elizabeth B ^a   Sikorski, Johannes ^b,c   Krizanc, Danny ^a   Warner, Andrew ^a   Ward, David M ^d   Rooney, Alejandro P ^e   Brambilla, Evelyne ^c   Connor, Nora ^a   Ratcliff, Rodney M ^f   Nevo, Eviatar ^b   Cohan, Frederick M ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Ecotype; Evolution Canyon; Periodic selection; Species concept

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ECOTYPE; ISRAEL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; BACILLUS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLLUTION;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ALGORITHMS; BACILLUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 40649125049     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0712205105     Document Type: Article

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