Pan-genomic analysis to redefine species and subspecies based on quantum discontinuous variation: the Klebsiella paradigm

doi:10.1186/s13062-015-0085-2

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Pan-genomic analysis to redefine species and subspecies based on quantum discontinuous variation: the Klebsiella paradigm

30 Sept 2015

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BACKGROUND: Various methods are currently used to define species and are based on the phylogenetic marker 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequence, DNA-DNA hybridization and DNA GC content. However, these are restricted genetic tools and showed significant limitations. RESULTS: In this work, we describe an alternative method to build taxonomy by analyzing the pan-genome composition of different species of the Klebsiella...

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