Proposed minimal standards for the use of genome data for the taxonomy of prokaryotes Chun, Jongsik and Oren, Aharon and Ventosa, Antonio and Christensen, Henrik and Arahal, David Ruiz and da Costa, Milton S. and Rooney, Alejandro P. and Yi, Hana and Xu, Xue-Wei and De Meyer, Sofie and Trujillo, Martha E.,, 68, 461-466 (2018), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002516, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= Advancement of DNA sequencing technology allows the routine use of genome sequences in the various fields of microbiology. The information held in genome sequences proved to provide objective and reliable means in the taxonomy of prokaryotes. Here, we describe the minimal standards for the quality of genome sequences and how they can be applied for taxonomic purposes., language=, type=