naturepoker on Nostr: For #microbiology and #taxonomy folks. I have a microbial strain with 99.80% 16S ...
For #microbiology and #taxonomy folks.
I have a microbial strain with 99.80% 16S identity match to closest known species, yet also shows 10% difference in ANI and over a megabase difference in genome length to the said species. Should this still be considered the same species based solely on 16S match?
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