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Taxonomy of Xanthomonas and Pseudomonas

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APPLICATION of computers to problems of bacterial taxonomy has been suggested by Sneath1, who described a method for handling large quantities of taxonomic data by an electronic computer. By this type of analysis, an outline of classification based on equally weighted features is obtained.

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  1. College of Fisheries, University of Washington, Seattle, 5

    R. R. COLWELL & J. LISTON

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COLWELL, R., LISTON, J. Taxonomy of Xanthomonas and Pseudomonas . Nature 191, 617–619 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/191617a0

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