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Molecular biology has provided the taxonomist occupied with prokaryotic nomenclature with the tools to classify bacteria in a fashion denied earlier investigators, who based their analysis of prokaryotes on biochemical and immunochemical variables. The family Enterobacteriaceae encompasses a large collection of bacteria that share a number of characteristics and form large population centers within the family grouped together by identical biochemical and physiologic attributes. Species and intraspecies differences are discerned by biochemical activities and epitope variations. However, representatives outside of these dense population centers defy traditional classification attempts. Molecular biology and its most stringent DNA hybridization qualifications were required to place these outliers appropriately (Brenner, 1985). As stated by Farmer et al. (1985), “In 1972 there were only 11 genera and 26 species in the family Enterobacteriaceae. Today there are 22 genera, 69 species and 29 biogroups or enteric groups.”
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D’Amato, R.F., Isenberg, H.D. (1988). Enteric Bacteriosis. In: Balows, A., Hausler, W.J., Ohashi, M., Turano, A., Lennete, E.H. (eds) Laboratory Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3898-0_24
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