微生物学英文教学课件：chapter10 Microbial Taxonomy.pptVIP

3. The definition of species is different for sexually and asexually reproducing organisms. A bacterial species is a collection of strains that have many stable properties in common and differ significantly from other groups of strains. 4. Microorganisms are named according to the binomial system. 5. Morphological, physiological, metabolic, and ecological characteristics are widely used in microbial taxonomy. 6. The study of transformation in bacteria is sometimes taxonomically useful. 7. Proteins are direct reflections of mRNA sequences and may be used to compare genomes from different organi