TY - JOUR
T1 - Taxonomy of the family Halobacteriaceae
T2 - A paradigm for changing concepts in prokaryote systematics
AU - Oren, Aharon
PY - 2012/2
Y1 - 2012/2
N2 - The halophilic Archaea of the family Halobacteriaceae (36 genera with 129 species with standing in nomenclature as of November 2011) provide an excellent example of how changing concepts on prokaryote taxonomy and the development of new methods have influenced the way in which the taxonomy of a single group of prokaryotes is treated. This review gives an overview of the taxonomy of the family Halobacteriaceae, showing the impact that methods of phenotypic characterization, numerical taxonomy, chemotaxonomy and especially polar lipid analysis, 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons, multilocus type analysis and comparative genomics have had on their classification.
AB - The halophilic Archaea of the family Halobacteriaceae (36 genera with 129 species with standing in nomenclature as of November 2011) provide an excellent example of how changing concepts on prokaryote taxonomy and the development of new methods have influenced the way in which the taxonomy of a single group of prokaryotes is treated. This review gives an overview of the taxonomy of the family Halobacteriaceae, showing the impact that methods of phenotypic characterization, numerical taxonomy, chemotaxonomy and especially polar lipid analysis, 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons, multilocus type analysis and comparative genomics have had on their classification.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84856805043&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1099/ijs.0.038653-0
DO - 10.1099/ijs.0.038653-0
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C2 - 22155757
AN - SCOPUS:84856805043
SN - 1466-5026
VL - 62
SP - 263
EP - 271
JO - International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
JF - International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
IS - 2
ER -