Assigning strains to bacterial species via the internet

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Methods for assigning strains to bacterial species are cumbersome and no longer fit for purpose. The concatenated sequences of multiple house-keeping genes have been shown to be able to define and circumscribe bacterial species as se...

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Main Authors: Hanage William P, Kilian Mogens, Jordan Gregory E, Aanensen David M, Bishop Cynthia J, Spratt Brian G
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-01-01
Series:BMC Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/7/3