William P. Hanage, Christophe
Fraser, Brian G.
Spratt, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
This is a review article on bacterial species definition from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (2006). The paper covers current/past means of identifying bacterial species, multi-locus sequence analysis as an alternative approach, and three recent case studies. There is an extensive bibliography.
Subject: Biology, Diversity, Evolution, Evolution:Principles, Bioinformatics, Biology:Microbiology, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology , Methods of Microbiology :Molecular Methods Resource Type: Scientific Resources, Overview/Reference Work, Bibliography Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/ProfessionalKeywords: multilocus sequence analysis, bacterial populations, species clusters, electronic taxonomy, bacterial systematics
