title: The BISMiS 2011 special issue on prokaryotic systematics, a vital discipline entering a period of transition.
authors.forename: Iain C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Sutcliffe
authors.forename: Martha E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Trujillo
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goodfellow
mesh_terms: D001105:Archaea / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D002965:Classification / Q000379:methods*; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods; D020745:Genome, Archaeal; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods; D010802:Phylogeny