Williams David M
The Natural History Museum, London, UK.
J Phycol. 2025 Jun;61(3):433-439. doi: 10.1111/jpy.70020. Epub 2025 May 3.
Commentary is provided on the use of barcoding and metabarcoding in diatom studies and its broader relevance to the principles of taxonomy. The claims that taxonomy, however it is performed, is time-consuming and that it requires extensive expertise, due to a constantly evolving taxonomy, are questioned as good, even useful, criteria by which to judge a science.
本文对硅藻研究中条形码技术和宏条形码技术的应用及其与分类学原理的更广泛相关性进行了评论。有人认为,无论分类学如何进行,由于分类学不断发展,它既耗时又需要广泛的专业知识,而本文对这种观点作为评判一门科学的良好甚至有用标准提出了质疑。