Whole-genome sequence comparison as a method for improving bacterial species definition

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 75-78

  Zhang, Wen ^a,b   Du, Pengcheng ^a,b   Zheng, Han ^a   Yu, Weiwen ^a,b   Wan, Li ^a   Chen, Chen ^a,b  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Disease ^*  (China)

Author keywords

ANI; Bacteria; Definition; Genome; Species

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVERAGE NUCLEOTIDE IDENTITY; BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; DICKEYA DADANTII; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA FERGUSONII; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYNUCLEOBACTER NECESSARIUS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS MARINUS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; WOLBACHIA ENDOSYMBIONT; YERSINIA PESTIS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84901372639     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.60.75     Document Type: Article

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