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Phylogenetic Relationships of Bacteria with Special Reference to Endosymbionts and Enteric Species

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The Prokaryotes

Introduction

The latter half of the 20th century saw two developments that revolutionized the study of bacterial systematics and our conceptions about microbial diversity. The first was the use of molecular genetic information, as gained through the analysis of protein and nucleic acid sequences, for the identification, typing and classification of microorganisms. The second was the application of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the recovery of DNA sequences from noncultivable organisms.

By decoupling cultivation and classification, and by providing a common yardstick by which all organisms could be compared (i.e., small subunit ribosomal DNA sequences; hereafter referred to as “SSU rRNA”), these procedures added a new dimension to our knowledge of the microbial world. It is no longer necessary to test organisms against a panel of known phenotypic or biochemical properties, which, in themselves, are often variable in occurrence and can lead to cases of misclassification, or...

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  1. Department of Microbiology University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota, 196, Minneapolis, MN, 55455-0312, USA

    Martin Dworkin

  2. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University Medical School, 299 Campus Drive, Fairchild, Stanford, CA, 94305-5124, USA

    Stanley Falkow

  3. Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, 69978, Ramat-Aviv, Israel

    Eugene Rosenberg

  4. Department of Microbiology, Technical University Munich, 80290, Munich, Germany

    Karl-Heinz Schleifer

  5. DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Mascheroder Weg 1b, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany

    Erko Stackebrandt

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Francino, M.P., Santos, S.R., Ochman, H. (2006). Phylogenetic Relationships of Bacteria with Special Reference to Endosymbionts and Enteric Species. In: Dworkin, M., Falkow, S., Rosenberg, E., Schleifer, KH., Stackebrandt, E. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30746-X_2

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