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. 2022 Oct 26;13(5):e0147922.
doi: 10.1128/mbio.01479-22. Epub 2022 Sep 15.

New Phylum Names Harmonize Prokaryotic Nomenclature

Aharon Oren  1 , Markus Göker  2 , Iain C Sutcliffe  3 ; Executive Board of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes
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New Phylum Names Harmonize Prokaryotic Nomenclature

Aharon Oren et al. mBio. .
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Keywords: Archaea; Bacteria; International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes; nomenclature.

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  • Reply to Oren et al., "New Phylum Names Harmonize Prokaryotic Nomenclature".
    Sharma G, Islam ST, Rahi P, Silby MW, Giovannelli D, Welander PV, Ehling-Schulz M, Chaudhry V, Molloy E, Hertweck C, Mundra S, Kalia VC, Lal R, Singh Y, Ruby E, Weigel C, Kolter R. Sharma G, et al. mBio. 2022 Oct 26;13(5):e0232322. doi: 10.1128/mbio.02323-22. Epub 2022 Sep 15. mBio. 2022. PMID: 36106733 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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