On monospecific genera in prokaryotic taxonomy

A monospecific genus contains a single species ever since it was proposed. Though formally more than half of the known prokaryotic genera are monospecific, we pick up those which actually raise taxonomic problems by violating monophyly of the taxon within which it resides. Taking monophyly as a guid...

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Main Authors: Guanghong Zuo, Bailin Hao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2017-09-01
Series:Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405805X17300662