In this In Brief article, we stated that the 53 rps genes are under constant positive selection rather than stabilizing selection, as described in the original paper. This mistake has now been corrected online. We apologize for any confusion caused.
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Jermy, A. Erratum: Bacterial genomics: Universal bacterial barcode. Nat Rev Microbiol 10, 239 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro2772
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