Actinobacteria are Gram-positive bacteria with high G+ C DNA content that constitute one of
the largest bacterial phyla, and they are ubiquitously distributed in both aquatic and …

The field of microbial taxonomy is dynamic, aiming to provide a stable and contemporary
classification system for prokaryotes. Traditionally, reliance on phenotypic characteristics …

Microbial systematics is heavily influenced by genome-based methods and challenged by
an ever increasing number of taxon names and associated sequences in public data …

Microbial taxonomy is increasingly influenced by genome-based computational methods.
Yet such analyses can be complex and require expert knowledge. Here we introduce TYGS …

The class Alphaproteobacteria is comprised of a diverse assemblage of Gram-negative
bacteria that includes organisms of varying morphologies, physiologies and habitat …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Intestinal bacteria influence mammalian physiology, but many types of bacteria are still
uncharacterized. Moreover, reference strains of mouse gut bacteria are not easily available …

Although Escherichia coli is the most widely studied bacterial model organism and often
considered to be the model bacterium per se, its type strain was until now forgotten from …