Chimeric 16S rDNA sequences of diverse origin are accumulating in the public databases

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 289-293

  Hugenholtz, Philip ^a,b   Huber, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AWARENESS; CHIMERA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRENARCHAEOTA; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE DATABASE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

CHIMERA; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037217221     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02441-0     Document Type: Article

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