Includes bibliographical references and index.

There are fundamental differences between the current levels of genomic and proteomic knowledge for bacteria and fungi. With multiple growth forms and over 100,000 known species, the fungi probably present a more complex situation, but genomic studies are hindered by the lack of reliable reference data for many species. As activities such as environmental sampling, and genomic and proteomic profiling, become more important in extending our understanding of ecosystems, there is an increasing imperative for researchers in microbial systematics to develop the methods and concepts required to interpret the information being generated. This volume presents a collection of chapters that provide some insights into how current methods and resources are being used in microbial systematics, together with some thoughts and suggestions about how both methodologies and concepts may develop in the future.

Bridging 200 Years of Bacterial Classification / Ramon Rossell�o-M�ora and Erko Stackebrandt -- Identification of Fungi: Background, Challenges and Prospects / Tom W. May -- Names of Microorganisms and Data Resources to Retrieve Information about Published Names / Aharon Oren, Aidan Parte and Jerry Cooper -- Preserving the Reference Strains / David Smith and Vera Bussas -- Can Older Fungal Sequence Data be Useful? / Paul Bridge -- Data Resources: Role and Services of Culture Collections / Matthew J. Ryan, Gerard Verkleij and Vincent Robert -- MALDI-TOF MS and Currently Related Proteomic Technologies in Reconciling Bacterial Systematics / Haroun N. Shah, Ajit J. Shah, Omar Belgacem, Malcolm Ward, Itaru Dekio, Lyna Selami, Louise Duncan, Kenneth Bruce, Zhen Xu, Hermine V. Mkrtchyan, Rory Cave, Laila M.N. Shah and Saheer E. Gharbia -- MALDI-TOF MS and its Requirements for Fungal Identification / Cledir Santos, Paula Galeano, Reginaldo Lima-Neto, Manoel Marques Evangelista Oliveira and Nelson Lima -- The Strength of Chemotaxonomy / Paul A. Lawson and Nisha B. Patel -- Microbial Genomic Taxonomy / Cristiane C. Thompson, Livia Vidal, Vinicius Salazar, Jean Swings and Fabiano L. Thompson --

Navigating Bacterial Taxonomy in a World of Unchartered Microbial Organisms / Varsha Kale, Lorna Richardson and Robert D. Finn -- Sequence-based Identification and Classification of Fungi / Andrew M. Borman and Elizabeth M. Johnson -- Identification and Classification of Prokaryotes Using Whole-genome Sequences / Luis M. Rodriguez-R, Ramon Rossell�o-M�ora and Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis -- Genomic Sequences for Fungi / Riccardo Baroncelli and Giovanni Caf�a -- What can Genome Analysis Offer for Bacteria? / Markus G�oker -- Genomes Reveal the Cohesiveness of Bacterial Species Taxa and Provide a Path Towards Describing All of Bacterial Diversity / Frederick M. Cohan -- Are Species Concepts Outdated for Fungi? Intraspecific Variation in Plant-pathogenic Fungi Illustrates the need for Subspecific Categorization / Enrique Monte, Rosa Hermosa, Mar�ia del Mar Jim�enez-Gasco and Rafael M. Jim�enez-D�iaz -- Where to Now? / Paul Bridge, Erko Stackebrandt and David Smith.

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