Divergence without difference: Phylogenetics and taxonomy of Chlamydia resolved

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-119

  Stephens, Richard S ^a,d   Myers, Garry ^b   Eppinger, Mark ^b   Bavoil, Patrik M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Genomes; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

BACTERIAL GENOME; CHLAMYDIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

CHLAMYDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 60049087090     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2008.00516.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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