Are some characters more equal than others? COWAN, S. T.,, 20, 541-550 (1970), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-20-4-541, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= ABSTRACT In deciding on the importance of microbial characters much depends on the meaning attached to the word important, and this was discussed in relation to the subordination of characters, an old taxonomic principle in which different kinds of character were associated with different category levels., language=, type=