Methodological review uncovers taxonomy challenges in bacterial pathogens, highlighting culture-free identification to enhance infectious disease diagnosis.
Whether bacterial species exist as a natural unit remains an unresolved issue, one with important practical challenges, including that of correctly identifying microorganisms and diagnosing the causative agents of microbial diseases. The current bacterial species definition is based on genetic and phenotypic distinctiveness of organisms grouped under the same name.
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