Microvariation artifacts introduced by PCR and cloning of closely related 16S rRNA gene sequences

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 469-472

  Speksnijder, A G C L ^a   Kowalchuk, G A ^a   De Jong, S ^a   Kline, E ^a   Stephen, J R ^a   Laanbroek, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE;

ARTIFACTS; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035163597     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.1.469-472.2001     Document Type: Article

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