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18461076

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-5-16
pubmed:abstractText
The earth contains a huge number of largely uncharacterized Bacteria and Archaea. Microbiologists are struggling to summarize their genetic diversity and classify them, which has resulted in heated debates on methods for defining species, mechanisms that lead to speciation and whether microbial species even exist. This Review proposes that decisions on the existence of species and methods to define them should be guided by a method-free species concept that is based on cohesive evolutionary forces. It summarizes current approaches to defining species and the problems of these approaches, and presents selected examples of the population genetic patterns at and below the species level.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1740-1534
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
431-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Microbial diversity and the genetic nature of microbial species.
pubmed:affiliation
Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Ireland. m.achtman@ucc.ie
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't