Genome-Based Characterization of Biological Processes That Differentiate Closely Related Bacteria

Bacteriologists have strived toward attaining a natural classification system based on evolutionary relationships for nearly 100 years. In the early twentieth century it was accepted that a phylogeny-based system would be the most appropriate, but in the absence of molecular data, this approach prov...

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Main Authors: Marike Palmer, Emma T. Steenkamp, Martin P. A. Coetzee, Jochen Blom, Stephanus N. Venter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00113/full