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The Journal of the Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology |
Biblioraphy Information
| ArticleTitle |
Proposal of a novel bacterial classification scheme for use in clinical microbiology |
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| AuthorList |
Kunitomo Watanabe |
| Affiliation |
Kizawa Memorial Hospital |
| Publication |
J.J.C.M.: 24 (2), 99-113, 2014 |
| Received |
May 6, 2014 |
| Accepted |
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| Abstract |
Classification of bacteria has evolved from a typological to a phylogenetic approach. Among 30 odd phyla appear in Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology (2nd Ed.), 11 are generally known to be closely associated with human health and infections. More recently, novel molecular tools such as the conserved signature indels (inserts and deletions) and signature proteins have been discovered using comparative genomics, thus enabling clarification of evolutionary relationships among these phyla. In the present study, more than 150 bacterial genera, whose control is important, are classified into 21 classes consisting of 42 orders on the basis of their evolutionary relationships. Several properties common to bacteria of particular lineages (order), according to this classification scheme, which are important from the perspective of clinical microbiology, are also summarized. |
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