Report of the ad hoc committee for the re-evaluation of the species definition in bacteriology.

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Authors

Erko Stackebrandt · Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures

Wilhelm Frederiksen · Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures

George M Garrity · Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures

Patrick A. D. Grimont · Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures

Peter Kämpfer · Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures

Martin Maiden · Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures

Abstract

An ad hoc committee for the re-evaluation of the species definition in bacteriology met in Gent, Belgium, in February 2002. The committee made various recommendations regarding the species definition in the light of developments in methodologies available to systematists.

Topics & Keywords

Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Volume 52, Issue 3, pp. 1043-1047

DOI: 10.1099/00207713-52-3-1043

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