Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes.

ABSTRACT: Although considerable progress has been made in recent years regarding the classification of bacteria assigned to the phylum Bacteroidetes, there remains a need to further clarify taxonomic relationships within a diverse assemblage that includes organisms of clinical, piscicultural, and ecological importance. Bacteroidetes classification has proved to be difficult, not least when taxonomic decisions rested heavily on interpretation of poorly resolved 16S rRNA gene trees and a limited number of phenotypic features. Here, draft genome sequences of a greatly enlarged collection of genomes of more than 1,000 Bacteroidetes and outgroup type strains were used to infer phylogenetic trees from genome-scale data using the principles drawn from phylogenetic systematics. The majo

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Lopez M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6767994 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature