Nature

Rapid and accurate taxonomic classification of cpn60 amplicon sequence variants

The “universal target” region of the gene encoding the 60 kDa chaperonin protein (cpn60, also known as groEL or hsp60) is a proven sequence barcode for bacteria and a useful target for marker gene ...
Nature

Manually weighted taxonomy classifiers improve species-specific rumen microbiome analysis compared to unweighted or average weighted taxonomy classifiers

Previous research has demonstrated that applying taxonomic weights to shotgun metagenomic data can improve species identification in 16S rRNA gene-based microbiome analysis. However, such an approach ...
Phys.org

Taxonomy goes viral: Experts publish a new set of consensus principles to classify the virosphere

The official body charged with virus classification has released four new principles that bring order to the viral world. This provides a unified framework that will enable all viruses to be ...
insider.si.edu

Do species exist? : principles of taxonomic classification / Werner Kunz

Are species constructs of the human mind? -- Why is there a species problem? -- Is the biological species a class or is it an individual? -- What are traits in taxonomy? -- Diversity within the ...
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Classification and human evolution

The meaning of taxonomic statements / George Gaylord Simpson -- East African fossil Hominoidea and the classification within the super-family / L.S.B. Leakey -- Quantitative taxonomy and human ...