New research from Dartmouth College raises questions over how scientists should interpret observed groupings of bacteria. The study advises caution with the assumption that bacterial clusters are ...

It also strengthens the ability to predict microbial adaptation and to refine classification methods with greater accuracy. More information: Shuyang Zhang et al, Experimental mapping of bacterial ...

Taxonomic classification of the thousands–millions of 16S rRNA gene sequences generated in microbiome studies is often achieved using a naïve Bayesian classifier (for example, the Ribosomal Database ...

A new study provides new insights into processes behind the evolution of microorganisms and describes what it means for existing bacterial classification approaches. New research from Dartmouth ...