2008
Identifying the fundamental units of bacterial diversity: A paradigm shift to incorporate ecology into bacterial systematics
Koeppel A, Perry E, Sikorski J, Krizanc D, Warner A, Ward D, Rooney A, Brambilla E, Connor N, Ratcliff R, Nevo E, Cohan F. Identifying the fundamental units of bacterial diversity: A paradigm shift to incorporate ecology into bacterial systematics. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2008, 105: 2504-2509. PMID: 18272490, PMCID: PMC2268166, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0712205105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBacterial systematicsNatural communitiesSequence-based approachesEvolution CanyonBacterial domainEcotype SimulationSuch ecotypesMicrobial ecologyDistinct lineagesMultiple ecotypesEvolutionary dynamicsBacterial diversityDifferent solar exposureTraditional speciesBacterial populationsBacterial ecologyEcotypesBacterial cellsEcologyDistinct rolesSystematicsFundamental unitDiverse setCladeLineages
2007
A Systematics for Discovering the Fundamental Units of Bacterial Diversity
Cohan F, Perry E. A Systematics for Discovering the Fundamental Units of Bacterial Diversity. Current Biology 2007, 17: r373-r386. PMID: 17502094, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.03.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBacterial diversityHistory of coexistenceBacterial evolutionBacterial systematistsMicrobial worldSpecies unitsBacterial systematicsEvolutionary dynamicsDNA sequencesBiological diversityFundamental unitTremendous diversitySequence clustersBacterial speciesEvolutionary propertiesEvolutionary theoryMolecular techniquesDiversitySpeciesSystematistsDistinct groupsSystematicsPlantsSequenceMicrobiologists