@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-52-3-1043, author = "Stackebrandt, Erko and Frederiksen, Wilhelm and Garrity, George M and Grimont, Patrick A D and Kämpfer, Peter and Maiden, Martin C J and Nesme, Xavier and Rosselló-Mora, Ramon and Swings, Jean and Trüper, Hans G and Vauterin, Luc and Ward, Alan C and Whitman, William B", title = "Report of the ad hoc committee for the re-evaluation of the species definition in bacteriology.", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2002", volume = "52", number = "3", pages = "1043-1047", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-52-3-1043", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-52-3-1043", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "An ad hoc committee for the re-evaluation of the species definition in bacteriology met in Gent, Belgium, in February 2002. The committee made various recommendations regarding the species definition in the light of developments in methodologies available to systematists.", }