Microbial evolution: stalking the wild bacterial species.

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Microbial evolution: stalking the wild bacterial species.

Curr Biol. 2008 Jul 8;18(13):R565-7

Authors: Doolittle WF

Abstract
A recent report suggests that, when habitats are disturbed, bacterial populations that would be considered to be separate species can merge, reversing the process of speciation. But, for bacteria, 'species' remains undefined and undefinable.

PMID: 18606128 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]