Genomics and the bacterial species problem

被引：131

作者：

Doolittle, W. Ford ^{[1
]}

Papke, R. Thane ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Dalhousie Univ, Halifax, NS B3H 1X5, Canada

来源：

GENOME BIOLOGY | 2006年 / 7卷 / 09期

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D O I：

10.1186/gb-2006-7-9-116

中图分类号：

Q81 [生物工程学（生物技术）]; Q93 [微生物学];

学科分类号：

071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;

摘要：

Whether or not bacteria have species is a perennially vexatious question. Given what we now know about variation among bacterial genomes, we argue that there is no intrinsic reason why the processes driving diversification and adaptation must produce groups of individuals sufficiently coherent in their genetic and phenotypic properties to merit the designation 'species' - although sometimes they might.

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