Report of the ad hoc committee for the re-evaluation of the species definition in bacteriology

Erko Stackebrandt; Wilhelm Frederiksen; George M Garrity; Patrick A D Grimont; Peter Kämpfer; Martin C J Maiden; Xavier Nesme; Ramon Rosselló-Mora; Jean Swings; Hans G Trüper; Luc Vauterin; Alan C Ward; William B Whitman

doi:10.1099/00207713-52-3-1043

Report of the ad hoc committee for the re-evaluation of the species definition in bacteriology

Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2002 May;52(Pt 3):1043-1047. doi: 10.1099/00207713-52-3-1043.

Authors

Erko Stackebrandt, Wilhelm Frederiksen, George M Garrity, Patrick A D Grimont, Peter Kämpfer, Martin C J Maiden, Xavier Nesme, Ramon Rosselló-Mora, Jean Swings, Hans G Trüper, Luc Vauterin, Alan C Ward, William B Whitman

PMID: 12054223
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-52-3-1043

Abstract

An ad hoc committee for the re-evaluation of the species definition in bacteriology met in Gent, Belgium, in February 2002. The committee made various recommendations regarding the species definition in the light of developments in methodologies available to systematists.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bacteria / classification*
Bacteria / genetics*
Bacterial Proteins / genetics
Bacterial Typing Techniques / standards*
Bacteriology
DNA, Bacterial / analysis
Societies, Scientific
Species Specificity
Terminology as Topic

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
DNA, Bacterial