title: Report of the ad hoc committee for the re-evaluation of the species definition in bacteriology.
abstract: An ad hoc committee for the re-evaluation of the species definition in bacteriology met in Gent, Belgium, in February 2002. The committee made various recommendations regarding the species definition in the light of developments in methodologies available to systematists.
authors.forename: Erko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stackebrandt
authors.forename: Wilhelm
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Frederiksen
authors.forename: George M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Garrity
authors.forename: Patrick A D
authors.initials: PAD
authors.lastname: Grimont
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kämpfer
authors.forename: Martin C J
authors.initials: MCJ
authors.lastname: Maiden
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Nesme
authors.forename: Ramon
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosselló-Mora
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Swings
authors.forename: Hans G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Trüper
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vauterin
authors.forename: Alan C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: William B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Whitman
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D001432:Bacteriology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D012958:Societies, Scientific; D013045:Species Specificity; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial