RE-EVALUATING PROKARYOTIC SPECIES Export

@article{citeulike:753140, abstract = {There is no widely accepted concept of species for prokaryotes, and assignment of isolates to species is based on measures of phenotypic or genome similarity. The current methods for defining prokaryotic species are inadequate and incapable of keeping pace with the levels of diversity that are being uncovered in nature. Prokaryotic taxonomy is being influenced by advances in microbial population genetics, ecology and genomics, and by the ease with which sequence data can be obtained. Here, we review the classical approaches to prokaryotic species definition and discuss the current and future impact of multilocus nucleotide-sequence-based approaches to prokaryotic systematics. We also consider the potential, and difficulties, of assigning species status to biologically or ecologically meaningful sequence clusters.}, author = {Gevers, Dirk and Cohan, Frederick M. and Lawrence, Jeffrey G. and Spratt, Brian G. and Coenye, Tom and Feil, Edward J. and Stackebrandt, Erko and de Peer, Yves V. and Vandamme, Peter and Thompson, Fabiano L. and Swings, Jean}, citeulike-article-id = {753140}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1236}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1236}, doi = {10.1038/nrmicro1236}, journal = {Nat Rev Micro}, keywords = {horizontal-gene-transfer, microbial-species, x-microbial-species, z-paper-background}, number = {9}, pages = {733--739}, posted-at = {2006-07-12 00:02:42}, priority = {0}, title = {RE-EVALUATING PROKARYOTIC SPECIES}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1236}, volume = {3}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:753140 L3 - citeulike-article-id:753140 N2 - There is no widely accepted concept of species for prokaryotes, and assignment of isolates to species is based on measures of phenotypic or genome similarity. The current methods for defining prokaryotic species are inadequate and incapable of keeping pace with the levels of diversity that are being uncovered in nature. Prokaryotic taxonomy is being influenced by advances in microbial population genetics, ecology and genomics, and by the ease with which sequence data can be obtained. Here, we review the classical approaches to prokaryotic species definition and discuss the current and future impact of multilocus nucleotide-sequence-based approaches to prokaryotic systematics. We also consider the potential, and difficulties, of assigning species status to biologically or ecologically meaningful sequence clusters. IS - 9 JF - Nat Rev Micro EP - 739 TI - RE-EVALUATING PROKARYOTIC SPECIES VL - 3 SP - 733 KW - horizontal-gene-transfer KW - microbial-species KW - x-microbial-species KW - z-paper-background AU - Gevers, Dirk AU - Cohan, Frederick AU - Lawrence, Jeffrey AU - Spratt, Brian AU - Coenye, Tom AU - Feil, Edward AU - Stackebrandt, Erko AU - de Peer, Yves AU - Vandamme, Peter AU - Thompson, Fabiano AU - Swings, Jean PY - 2005/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1236 ER -