Microbial taxonomy in the post-genomic era: Rebuilding from scratch?
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Campeão, Mariana
Sawabe, Tomoo
Swings, Jean
Thompson, Cristiane C.
Amaral, Gilda R.
Edwards, Robert A.
Polz, Martin F.
Dutilh, Bas E.
Ussery, David W.
Thompson, Fabiano L.
Date Issued
December 2014
Journal
Archives of Microbiology
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Thompson, Gilda R. Amaral, Mariana Campeão, Robert A. Edwards, Martin F. Polz, Bas E. Dutilh, David W. Ussery, Tomoo Sawabe, Jean Swings, and Fabiano L. Thompson. "Microbial taxonomy in the post-genomic era: Rebuilding from scratch?." Archives of Microbiology 197:3 (April 2015), pp. 359-370.
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Abstract
Microbial taxonomy should provide adequate descriptions of bacterial, archaeal, and eukaryotic microbial diversity in ecological, clinical, and industrial environments. Its cornerstone, the prokaryote species has been re-evaluated twice. It is time to revisit polyphasic taxonomy, its principles, and its practice, including its underlying pragmatic species concept. Ultimately, we will be able to realize an old dream of our predecessor taxonomists and build a genomic-based microbial taxonomy, using standardized and automated curation of high-quality complete genome sequences as the new gold standard.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-014-1071-2
