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- Title
Fungal Genomics Challenges the Dogma of Name-Based Biosecurity.
- Authors
McTaggart, Alistair R.; van der Nest, Magriet A.; Steenkamp, Emma T.; Roux, Jolanda; Slippers, Bernard; Shuey, Louise S.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Drenth, André
- Abstract
The author discusses biosecurity and quarantine of specific pathogens such as fungal-like organisms and fungi. The author mentions several reasons on the long overdue of biosecurity of such organisms including the discovery of species' rate which outpaces taxonomy, the disagreement over the use of taxonomic names and definition of species, and its characteristics which do not account for genetic diversity in fungal populations.
- Subjects
BIOSECURITY; QUARANTINE; FUNGI classification; TAXONOMY; FUNGI diversity
- Publication
PLoS Pathogens, 2016, Vol 12, Issue 5, p1
- ISSN
1553-7366
- Publication type
Opinion
- DOI
10.1371/journal.ppat.1005475