A proposed genus boundary for the prokaryotes based on genomic insights

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2210-2215

  Qin, Qi Long ^a   Xie, Bin Bin ^a   Zhang, Xi Ying ^a   Chen, Xiu Lan ^a   Zhou, Bai Cheng ^a   Zhou, Jizhong ^b   Oren, Aharon ^c   Zhang, Yu Zhong ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; GENOMIC DNA; RNA 16S;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRUCELLA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOTOMACULUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME SIZE; GENUS; GENUS BOUNDARY; HELICOBACTER CINAEDI; IDENTITY; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERCENTAGE OF CONSERVED PROTEIN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; RHIZOBIALES; ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84901218150     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01688-14     Document Type: Article

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