New Approaches to Prokaryotic Systematics

Download or read book New Approaches to Prokaryotic Systematics written by Michael Goodfellow and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-11-24 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 41 of Methods in Microbiology is a methods book designed to highlight procedures that will revitalize the purposes and practices of prokaryotic systematics.This volume will notably show that genomics and computational biology are pivotal to the new direction of travel and will emphasise that new developments need to be built upon historical good practices, notably the continued use of the nomenclatural type concept and the requirement to deposit type strains in at least two service culture collections in different countries. - Detailed protocols on cutting edge methods - Prepared by leading international experts in the relevant fields