Why are bacteria so difficult to classify at the species level?

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Dr Birendra Kumar Mishra
Jan 3, 2017

Due to unstability among the species.

Explanation:

  1. The species of bacteria are not stable. They regularly try to adopt into changed environment by changing their genetic material.
  2. So, it is not possible to easily and stable classification of the bacteria at the species level. We can temporarily classify bacteria below the genus. Thank you
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