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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doaj-bcea64e2344b4f65a88b2b51ef68653f2021-02-02T07:31:49ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology2405-805X2017-09-012322623510.1016/j.synbio.2017.08.004On monospecific genera in prokaryotic taxonomyGuanghong ZuoBailin HaoA 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 guiding principle, our arguments are based on simultaneous support from 16S rRNA sequence analysis and whole-genome phylogeny of prokaryotes, as provided by the LVTree Viewer and CVTree Web Server, respectively. The main purpose of this study consists in calling attention to this specific way of global taxonomic analysis. Therefore, we refrain from making formal emendations for the time being.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405805X17300662Composition Vector Tree16S rRNA phylogenyProkaryotic taxonomyMonospecific generaMonophyly |
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On monospecific genera in prokaryotic taxonomy |
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On monospecific genera in prokaryotic taxonomy |
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On monospecific genera in prokaryotic taxonomy |
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On monospecific genera in prokaryotic taxonomy |
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On monospecific genera in prokaryotic taxonomy |
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on monospecific genera in prokaryotic taxonomy |
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KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. |
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Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology |
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2017-09-01 |
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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 guiding principle, our arguments are based on simultaneous support from 16S rRNA sequence analysis and whole-genome phylogeny of prokaryotes, as provided by the LVTree Viewer and CVTree Web Server, respectively. The main purpose of this study consists in calling attention to this specific way of global taxonomic analysis. Therefore, we refrain from making formal emendations for the time being. |
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Composition Vector Tree 16S rRNA phylogeny Prokaryotic taxonomy Monospecific genera Monophyly |
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