Time for order in microbial systematics

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 209-210

  Gribaldo, Simonetta ^a   Brochier Armanet, Céline ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEON; CLASSIS; CRENARCHAEOTA; ECOSYSTEM; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; LETTER; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROORGANISM; MONOPHYLY; NANOARCHAEOTA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SUBSPECIES; TAXONOMY; THAUMARCHAEOTA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84860560191     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2012.02.006     Document Type: Letter

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