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Molecular Identification, Systematics, and Population Structure of Prokaryotes pp 105–139Cite as

Bacterial Phylogeny Reconstruction from Molecular Sequences

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Systematics is a hierarchical system of nomenclature of living organisms linked to evolutionary theory and modern systematics aims at a classification based on phylogenetic relationships. In the 1960s, the application of protein sequence data to systematics became prevalent and scientists recognized that protein amino acid sequences contain useful information regarding phylogeny. However molecular systematics only recently became popular after the development of rapid DNA sequencing methods and the advent of DNA amplification using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). While small subunit ribosomal RNAs (SSU rRNAs) became the molecules of choice for molecular systematics studies, nucleotide sequences of protein-encoding genes and amino acid sequences deduced from the nucleotide sequences also proved to be valuable in phylogenetic research.

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Harayama, S., Kasai, H. (2006). Bacterial Phylogeny Reconstruction from Molecular Sequences. In: Stackebrandt, E. (eds) Molecular Identification, Systematics, and Population Structure of Prokaryotes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-31292-5_5

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