title: On the fitness of microbial taxonomy.
abstract: Microbial taxonomy seems to be an expanding discipline especially in Asian countries. By contrast, the number of taxonomists in Western countries are in decline, and the reasons for this could either be economic or due to interest. Losing taxonomy expertise could have consequences for Western countries.
authors.affiliation: Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tamames
authors.forename: Ramon
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosselló-Móra
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D002965:Classification; D006801:Humans; D008829:Microbiology / Q000639:trends*