A method for comparing multiple bacterial community structures from 16S rDNA clone library sequences

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-13

  Hur, Inae ^a   Chun, Jongsik ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Bioinformatics; Hierarchical clustering; JAVA; Microbial community

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, RRNA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 2442556095     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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