An assessment of the hypervariable domains of the 16S rRNA genes for their value in determining microbial community diversity: The paradox of traditional ecological indices

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 496-503

  Mills, DeEtta K ^a   Entry, James A ^b   Voss, Joshua D ^a   Gillevet, Patrick M ^c   Mathee, Kalai ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene hypervariable domains; Amplicon length heterogeneity PCR; Bray Curtis similarity; Microbial community; Multidimensional scaling; Shannon information index

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; GENE; GRASS; LAND MANAGEMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROFLORA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; ECOLOGY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 33746878824     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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