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Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 54 (2004), 279-281; DOI  10.1099/ijs.0.02782-0
© 2004 International Union of Microbiological Societies

Taxonomic Note

Should names reflect the evolution of bacterial species?

Franco Dellaglio1, Giovanna E. Felis1 and Jacques-Edouard Germond2

1 Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico, Facoltà di Scienze MM. FF. NN., Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy
2 Nestlé Research Centre, Nestec Ltd, Lausanne, Switzerland

Correspondence
Franco Dellaglio
franco.dellaglio{at}univr.it

Systematics is the process of characterizing and arranging bacterial diversity in an orderly manner, recognizing groups of similar organisms in a hierarchical scheme whose basic entity is the species. To allow the exchange of scientific knowledge, taxa have to be named. Taxa are not static entities since they are subject to evolution, the direction of which can be inferred by using a wide range of techniques targeting specific traits. However, it is not clear how this dynamism should be reflected in taxonomic nomenclature. In the present report, several considerations are presented that deal with the relationship between the evolution of taxa and their nomenclature; an example is given which concerns the nomenclature of the species Lactobacillus delbrueckii.

Published online ahead of print on 11 July 2003 as DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.02782-0.




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