Towards a taxonomic coherence between average nucleotide identity and 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity for species demarcation of prokaryotes

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue PART 2, 2014, Pages 346-351

  Kim, Mincheol ^a   Oh, Hyun Seok ^a   Park, Sang Cheol ^a   Chun, Jongsik ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; AVERAGE NUCLEOTIDE IDENTITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; RNA GENE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; GENOMICS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84893511241     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.059774-0     Document Type: Article

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