Genomics in Bacterial Taxonomy: Impact on the Genus Pseudomonas
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Systems Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2021) | Viewed by 16496
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microbial evolution; phylogeny; bacterial systematics and taxonomy; bacterial identification; genomics and metagenomics; Pseudomonas
Interests: Pseudomonas; phylogeny; taxonomy and systematics; genomics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The genus Pseudomonas is one of the most complex bacterial genera and is currently the genus of Gram-negative bacteria with the largest number of species, a number which is increasing every year. Strains of species in this genus are metabolically versatile, able to dwell in many environments with different lifestyles, and have attracted attention for their capability to use many different organic compounds, but also for the pathogenicity of some species against plants and animals (humans, fishes, or insects), as well as their role as biological control agents and in biodegradation, among others. The difficulty in phenotypically identifying Pseudomonas species has been highlighted through the years, the use of phylogenetic molecular markers in taxonomic studies being necessary. The introduction of genomics is profoundly changing the current bacterial taxonomy. Phylogenomic approaches based on comparative genomics and phylogenetic analyses have also been applied to clarify the taxonomy of the genus and are currently the choice methods for a stable taxonomy. Phylogenomics provides accurate methods for delineating species and allows us to infer the phylogeny of higher taxonomic ranks as well as those at the subspecies level.
In this context, this Special Issue on “Genomics in Bacterial Taxonomy: Impact on the Genus Pseudomonas” of Microorganisms welcomes researchers all over the world to contribute with original articles addressing the latest knowledge about the taxonomy of the genus Pseudomonas and of species within the genus using the genomic approach.
Prof. Dr. Margarita Gomila
Prof. Dr. Jorge Lalucat
Dr. Antonio Busquets
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- genomics
- phylogenomics
- evolution
- taxonomy
- phylogeny
- comparative genomics
- horizontal gene transfer
- phytopathogenic Pseudomonas
- biological control agent
- clinical Pseudomonas
- plant growth promotors
- biodegradation
- habitat correlation with genomics
- Pseudomonas
- ecological distribution
- novel species
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