A genus definition for Bacteria and Archaea based on genome relatedness and taxonomic affiliation.
R. A. Barco, G. M. Garrity, J. J. Scott, J. P. Amend, K. H. Nealson, D. Emerson
The paper proposes a genus definition for Bacteria and Archaea using genomic relatedness indices and taxonomic affiliation, showing that most type strains are consistently classified.
bioRxiv · Aug 16, 2018Microbiology