A new computational method for detection of chimeric 16S rRNA artifacts generated by PCR amplification from mixed bacterial populations

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2338-2346

  Komatsoulis, George A ^a,b   Waterman, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHIMERA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030921309     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.6.2338-2346.1997     Document Type: Article

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