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Abstract
A key aspect of medical, public health, and diagnostic microbiology laboratories is the accurate identification and rapid reporting and communication to medical staff regarding patients with infectious agents of clinical importance. Microbial taxonomy in the age of molecular diagnostics and phylogenetics creates changes in taxonomy at a logarithmic rate further complicating this process. This update focuses on the description of new species and classification changes proposed in 2016.Entities:
Keywords: Bacterial taxonomy; Classification; Nomenclature; Updates
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28238386 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.02.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis ISSN: 0732-8893 Impact factor: 2.803