• The philosophy and changes in microbial systematics, including the relevance of names, new concepts of species, and the issues encountered with species that cannot be grown in culture.
• The application of new identification technologies, specifically those based on nucleic acids and complex chemo-taxonomic methods.
• The challenges of using published databases and other data resources in arriving at an identification appropriate to current species concepts.
• The practical requirements of an identification: obtaining and verifying reference cultures and data, and the type and level of identification required by different users.

This book is suitable for academic researchers, scientists involved with identification or survey, microbiologists, students and extension workers.

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