Reliable delineation of Clostridioides difficile and related members of the family Peptostreptococcaceae using phylogenomics and spore coat protein-specific molecular markers
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Traditional bacterial classification relies on phenotypic traits (e.g., morphology and metabolic profiles), but these methods lack resolution for closely related taxa and are biased by culture conditions. While 16S rRNA gene sequencing is a widely used molecul... ...
