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Identification schemes are not classification schemes, although there may be a superficial similarity. An identification scheme for a group of organisms can be devised only after that group has first been classified (i.e., recognized as being different from other organisms). Identification of that group is based on one or more characteristics, or on a pattern of characteristics, which all the members of the group have and which other groups do not have.
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Krieg, N.R. (2001). Identification of Procaryotes. In: Boone, D.R., Castenholz, R.W., Garrity, G.M. (eds) Bergey’s Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-21609-6_5
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