Systematic Identification of Gene Families for Use as “Markers” for Phylogenetic and Phylogeny-Driven Ecological Studies of Bacteria and Archaea and Their Major Subgroups

• Dongying Wu ,

  * E-mail: dygwu@ucdavis.edu

  Affiliations Department of Evolution and Ecology, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Energy (DOE)-Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, United States of America

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• Guillaume Jospin,

  Affiliation Department of Evolution and Ecology, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Jonathan A. Eisen

  Affiliation Department of Evolution and Ecology, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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