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All-Species Living Tree Project

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16SrRNA(SSU) and 23SrRNA( LSU) gene sequence databases; Alignments; LTP project; Manual curation; “Orphan” species; Taxa boundaries; Taxonomy/classification/phylogeny of Bacteria and Archaea; Type strains

Definition

The All-Species Living Tree Project (LTP) is an international initiative for the creation and maintenance of highly curated 16SrRNA and 23SrRNA gene sequence databases, alignments, and phylogenetic trees for all the type strains of Bacteria and Archaea.

Introduction

Classification and identification of Bacteria and Archaea came across to a turning point around 35 years ago. It was the time when Carl Woese and co-workers demonstrated that ribosomal markers were appropriate to infer genealogical relationships by means of phylogenetic reconstructions (Fox et al. 1977). Rapidly, comparative analysis of rRNA gene sequences became a standard procedure with mature implications in microbial ecology and taxonomy: culture-independent exploration of ecosystems’ diversity...

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  1. Ribocon GmbH., Bremen, D-28359, Germany

    Pablo Yarza

  2. Marine Microbiology Group, Department of Ecology and Marine Resources, Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats (CSIC-UIB), E-07190 Esporles, Illes Balears, Spain

    Raul Munoz & Ramon Rosselló-Móra

  3. Society of Systematic Bacteriology and Veterinary (SBSV) & National Veterinary School de Toulouse (ENVT), Cedex 03, F-31076, Toulouse, France

    Jean Euzéby

  4. Lehrstuhl Für Mikrobiologie, Technische Universität München, Freising, D-85350, Germany

    Wolfgang Ludwig & Karl-Heinz Schleifer

  5. Molecular Ecology Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, D-28359, Germany

    Rudolf Amann

  6. Microbial Genomics and Bioinformatics Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstrasse 1, Bremen, D-28359, Germany

    Frank Oliver Glockner

  7. Jacobs University Bremen, Bremen, D-28759, Germany

    Frank Oliver Glockner

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Yarza, P. et al. (2013). All-Species Living Tree Project. In: Nelson, K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Metagenomics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6418-1_740-8

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