Re-evaluating prokaryotic species

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Dirk Gevers

Frederick M. Cohan

Jeffrey G. Lawrence

Brian G. Spratt

Tom Coenye

Edward J. Feil

Erko Stackebrandt

Yves Van de Peer

Peter Vandamme

Fabiano L. Thompson

Jean Swings

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[1] Laboratory of Microbiology and the Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Genomics Research Group,Department of Biology

[2] Ghent University/VIB,Department of Biological Sciences

[3] Wesleyan University,Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

[4] University of Pittsburgh,Department of Biology and Biochemistry

[5] Imperial College London,undefined

[6] Laboratory of Microbiology,undefined

[7] Ghent University,undefined

[8] University of Bath,undefined

[9] Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH,undefined

[10] Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Genomics Research Group,undefined

[11] Ghent University/VIB,undefined

[12] Centro Pluridisciplinar de Pesquisas Químicas,undefined

[13] Biológicas e Agrícolas,undefined

[14] Universidade Estadual de Campinas,undefined

[15] Laboratory of Microbiology and the BCCM™/LMG Bacteria Collection,undefined

[16] Ghent University,undefined

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Nature Reviews Microbiology | 2005年 / 3卷

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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.

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