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Minimal standards for describing new species belonging to the families Campylobacteraceae and Helicobacteraceae: Campylobacter, Arcobacter, Helicobacter and Wolinella spp.

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On, Stephen L. W.; Miller, William G.; Houf, Kurt; Vandamme, Peter; Fox, James G
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Ongoing changes in taxonomic methods, and in the rapid development of the taxonomic structure of species assigned to the Epsilonproteobacteria have lead the International Committee of Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Campylobacter and Related Bacteria to discuss significant updates to previous minimal standards for describing new species of Campylobacteraceae and Helicobacteraceae. This paper is the result of these discussions and proposes minimum requirements for the description of new species belonging to the families Campylobacteraceae and Helicobacteraceae, thus including species in Campylobacter, Arcobacter, Helicobacter, and Wolinella. The core underlying principle remains the use of appropriate phenotypic and genotypic methods to characterise strains sufficiently so as to effectively and unambiguously determine their taxonomic position in these families, and provide adequate means by which the new taxon can be distinguished from extant species and subspecies. This polyphasic taxonomic approach demands the use of appropriate reference data for comparison to ensure the novelty of proposed new taxa, and the recommended study of at least five strains to enable species diversity to be assessed. Methodological approaches for phenotypic and genotypic (including whole-genome sequence comparisons) characterisation are recommended. Keyword(s): minimal standards; Campylobacteraceae; Helicobacteraceae; Wolinella; Epsilonproteobacteria; species descriptions; polyphasic taxonomy; Arcobacter
Date issued
2017-10
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117713
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Division of Comparative Medicine
Journal
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Publisher
Microbiology Society
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On, Stephen L. W. et al. “Minimal Standards for Describing New Species Belonging to the Families Campylobacteraceae and Helicobacteraceae: Campylobacter, Arcobacter, Helicobacter and Wolinella Spp.” International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 67, 12 (December 2017): 5296–5311 © 2017 Microbiology Society
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1466-5026
1466-5034

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