Gavin Guanyang Zhang 张冠阳

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Is this contamination in cell culture?

In my human cell line, I've observed masses that look different from the cells. When seen with the naked eye, they appear to be white spots. When seen under a scope, they appear to be dense...

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What were the first/early studies that used the 97% threshold to delimit bacterial OTUS?

97% distance identity is a commonly used threshold for establishing OTUs (operational taxonomic units) for bacteria. I wonder what is the history of this method and who were the first to propose...

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Why are subfamily and tribe not currently used in bacterial taxonomy?

It seems that the taxonomic ranks subfamily and tribe are not commonly used in current bacterial systematics. Here are some of my findings. The LSPN (List of Prokaryotic Names) website does not...

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