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

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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 and William B Whitman
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Published: 01 May 2002 https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-52-3-1043

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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.

Published Online: 01/05/2002

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