The ecological coherence of high bacterial taxonomic ranks
2010
Philippot, Laurent, L. | Andersson, Siv G. E. | Battin, Tom J. | Prosser, James I. | Schimel, Joshua P. | Whitman, William B. | Hallin, Sara | Microbiologie ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Bourgogne (UB) | Uppsala University | Universität Wien = University of Vienna | Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences ; University of Aberdeen | California State University ; Partenaires INRAE | University of Georgia [USA] | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences = Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet (SLU)
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. The species is a fundamental unit of biological organization, but its relevance for Bacteria and Archaea is still hotly debated. Even more controversial is whether the deeper branches of the ribosomal RNA-derived phylogenetic tree, such as the phyla, have ecological importance. Here, we discuss the ecological coherence of high bacterial taxa in the light of genome analyses and present examples of niche differentiation between deeply diverging groups in terrestrial and aquatic systems. The ecological relevance of high bacterial taxa has implications for bacterial taxonomy, evolution and ecology.
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