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. 2019 Mar 4;29(5):R169-R172.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.01.033.

Systematics: The Cohesive Nature of Bacterial Species Taxa

Frederick M Cohan  1
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Systematics: The Cohesive Nature of Bacterial Species Taxa

Frederick M Cohan. Curr Biol. .
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A survey of bacterial genomes suggests that the diversity within recognized species is constrained by a force of cohesion. However, recognized bacterial species do not adhere to another species-like property-that of being the newest lineages that can coexist indefinitely.

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