Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria

A Hördt, MG López, JP Meier-Kolthoff… - Frontiers in …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
The class Alphaproteobacteria is comprised of a diverse assemblage of Gram-negative
bacteria that includes organisms of varying morphologies, physiologies and habitat …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-based taxonomic classification of the phylum Actinobacteria

I Nouioui, L Carro, M García-López… - Frontiers in …, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
The application of phylogenetic taxonomic procedures led to improvements in the
classification of bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria but even so there remains a …

[HTML][HTML] Species list of the European herpetofauna–2020 update by the Taxonomic Committee of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica

J Speybroeck, W Beukema, C Dufresnes, U Fritz… - Amphibia-Reptilia, 2020‏ - brill.com
The last species list of the European herpetofauna was published by Speybroeck, Beukema
and Crochet (2010). In the meantime, ongoing research led to numerous taxonomic …

A paradigm shift in our view of species drives current trends in biological classification

JM Padial, I De la Riva - Biological Reviews, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Discontent about changes in species classifications has grown in recent years. Many of
these changes are seen as arbitrary, stemming from unjustified conceptual and …

An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV

Angiosperm Phylogeny Group… - Botanical journal of …, 2016‏ - academic.oup.com
An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) classification of the orders and
families of angiosperms is presented. Several new orders are recognized: Boraginales …

Stop the abuse of time! Strict temporal banding is not the future of rank-based classifications in fungi (including lichens) and other organisms

R Lücking - Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 2019‏ - Taylor & Francis
Classification is the most important approach to cataloging biological diversity. It serves as a
principal means of communication between scientific disciplines, as well as between …

Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes

M García-López, JP Meier-Kolthoff, BJ Tindall… - Frontiers in …, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
Although considerable progress has been made in recent years regarding the classification
of bacteria assigned to the phylum Bacteroidetes, there remains a need to further clarify …

A higher level classification of all living organisms

MA Ruggiero, DP Gordon, TM Orrell, N Bailly… - PloS one, 2015‏ - journals.plos.org
We present a consensus classification of life to embrace the more than 1.6 million species
already provided by more than 3,000 taxonomists' expert opinions in a unified and coherent …

VICTOR: genome-based phylogeny and classification of prokaryotic viruses

JP Meier-Kolthoff, M Göker - Bioinformatics, 2017‏ - academic.oup.com
Motivation Bacterial and archaeal viruses are crucial for global biogeochemical cycles and
might well be game-changing therapeutic agents in the fight against multi-resistant …

A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes

RA Pyron, FT Burbrink, JJ Wiens - BMC evolutionary biology, 2013‏ - Springer
Background The extant squamates (> 9400 known species of lizards and snakes) are one of
the most diverse and conspicuous radiations of terrestrial vertebrates, but no studies have …