Consistent Metagenome-Derived Metrics Verify and Delineate Bacterial Species Boundaries

Consistent Metagenome-Derived Metrics Verify and Delineate Bacterial Species Boundaries

There is controversy about whether bacterial diversity is clustered into distinct species groups or exists as a continuum. To address this issue, we analyzed bacterial genome databases and reports from several previous large-scale environment studies and identified clear discrete groups of species-l...

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Main Authors: Matthew R. Olm, Alexander Crits-Christoph, Spencer Diamond, Adi Lavy, Paula B. Matheus Carnevali, Jillian F. Banfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-01-01
Series:mSystems
Subjects:
bacterial species
bioinformatics
metagenomics
microbial genetics
species
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00731-19

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https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00731-19

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