Bacterial taxonomics: finding the wood through the phylogenetic trees.

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Bacterial taxonomy comprises systematics (theory of classification), nomenclature (formal process of naming), and identification. There are two basic approaches to classification. Similarities may be derived between microorganisms by numerical taxonomic methods based on a range of present-day observable characteristics (phenetics), drawing in particular on conventional morphological and physiological test...

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