Prokaryote taxonomy of the 20th century and the impact of studies on the genus Pseudomonas: a personal view
Open Access
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Microbiology
- Vol. 149 (1) , 1-7
- https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.25952-0
Abstract
The taxonomic studies on the genus Pseudomonas performed in the Department of Bacteriology of the University of California at Berkeley played a significant rôle in the development of modern prokaryote taxonomy, which started in the 1960s. This impact was due to a revival of the method of den Dooren de Jong for the nutritional analysis of chemoorganotrophic organisms and, mostly, to the introduction of the determination of rRNA as a method of taxonomic analysis. While the introduction of the nutritional studies facilitated the characterization of Pseudomonas and other chemoorganotrophs, the applicability of the rRNA studies extended to all prokaryotes.Keywords
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