Chemotaxonomy is traditionally restricted to comprise fatty acids, proteins, carbohydrates, or secondary metabolites, but has sometimes been defined so broadly that it also includes DNA sequences. It is not yet possible to use secondary metabolites in phylogeny, because of the inconsistent distribution...
This method can be widely applied for the chemotaxonomy of microorganisms such as bacteria, actinomycetes, fungi and yeasts.doi:10.1016/S0167-7012(96)00972-4Miyuki NishijimaMiho Araki-SakaiHiroshi SanoJournal of Microbiological MethodsNishijima M, Araki-Sakai M, Sano H (1997) Identification of ...