Genomic insights that advance the species definition for prokaryotes.

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Summary

The average nucleotide identity of the shared genes between two strains was found to be a robust means to compare genetic relatedness among strains, and that ANI values of approximately 94% corresponded to the traditional 70% DNA-DNA reassociation standard of the current species definition.

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2005-02-15
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Biology, Genome, Gene, Genetics, Organism

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