Rational Taxonomy of Yersinia pestis
Kislichkina A. A., Platonov M. E., Vagaiskaya A. S., Bogun A. G., Dentovskaya S. V., Anisimov A. P.
Molecular Genetics, Microbiology and Virology
Vol.34, Issue2, P. 110-117
Опубликовано: 2019
Тип ресурса: Статья
DOI:10.3103/S0891416819020058
Аннотация:
Abstract: Plague is a zoonotic infection whose pathogenic agent has caused hundreds of million human deaths. A broad range of hosts and vectors, along with the geographical dispersion of natural plague foci characterized by different ecological conditions, contribute to the formation of the polytypic Y. pestis species, the result of selection of the genetic variants specific for certain natural foci. Through the efforts of a world consortium of scientists, a global coordinated phylogram of the SNP types of the plague pathogen has been developed. However, debates on the intraspecies Y. pestis taxonomy still continue on the vast Russian expanses. The work of a taxonomist has many specific, individual features, formed on the basis of individual experience. It is important in this kind of work to follow an old rule which requires that borders should be placed where they have been put by nature, and should not be put where nature has not put them. With that in mind, we suggest here the rati
Ключевые слова:
intraspecies classification; monophyly; paraphyly; phylogeny; plague; population structure; systematics; taxonomy; Yersinia pestis
Article; bacterial virulence; bacterium culture; classification; genomotyping technique; genotyping technique; human; nonhuman; phylogeny; priority journal; single nucleotide polymorphism; species differentiation; taxonomy; whole genome sequencing; Yersinia; Yersinia altaica; Yersinia caucasica; Yersinia hissarica; Yersinia pestis; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis; Yersinia similis; Yersinia talassica; Yersinia ulegeica; Yersinia wautersii
Язык текста: Английский
ISSN: 1934-841X
Kislichkina A. A.
Platonov M. E. Mikhail Evgenyevich 1975-
Vagaiskaya A. S.
Bogun A. G.
Dentovskaya S. V.
Anisimov A. P.
Кисличкина А. А.
Платонов М. Е. Михаил Евгеньевич 1975-
Вагаискайа А. С.
Богун А. Г.
Дентовскайа С. В.
Анисимов А. П.
Rational Taxonomy of Yersinia pestis
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Molecular Genetics, Microbiology and Virology
Allerton Press
Vol.34, Issue2 P. 110-117
2019
Статья
intraspecies classification monophyly paraphyly phylogeny plague population structure systematics taxonomy Yersinia pestis
Article bacterial virulence bacterium culture classification genomotyping technique genotyping technique human nonhuman phylogeny priority journal single nucleotide polymorphism species differentiation taxonomy whole genome sequencing Yersinia Yersinia altaica Yersinia caucasica Yersinia hissarica Yersinia pestis Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Yersinia similis Yersinia talassica Yersinia ulegeica Yersinia wautersii
Abstract: Plague is a zoonotic infection whose pathogenic agent has caused hundreds of million human deaths. A broad range of hosts and vectors, along with the geographical dispersion of natural plague foci characterized by different ecological conditions, contribute to the formation of the polytypic Y. pestis species, the result of selection of the genetic variants specific for certain natural foci. Through the efforts of a world consortium of scientists, a global coordinated phylogram of the SNP types of the plague pathogen has been developed. However, debates on the intraspecies Y. pestis taxonomy still continue on the vast Russian expanses. The work of a taxonomist has many specific, individual features, formed on the basis of individual experience. It is important in this kind of work to follow an old rule which requires that borders should be placed where they have been put by nature, and should not be put where nature has not put them. With that in mind, we suggest here the rati