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Comment
. 2005 Sep;187(18):6255-7.
doi: 10.1128/JB.187.18.6255-6257.2005.

Updating prokaryotic taxonomy

Ramon Rosselló-Mora  1
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Updating prokaryotic taxonomy

Ramon Rosselló-Mora. J Bacteriol. 2005 Sep.
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A monistic approach demands that a single hierarchical system be applied to describe the whole of biological diversity. However, due to the intrinsic evolutionary and ecological characteristics of each single group of living organisms, the use of the same measuring stick for category construction cannot produce a “natural classification system.” Arbitrariness of taxon circumscriptions will be unavoidable unless we accept pluralism in taxonomy. Then, the search for objective parameters to circumscribe taxa may not be a fantasy, but also, the resulting categories will no longer be comparable between taxonomies. (Drawing by David Fajardo.)
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