UniFrac - An online tool for comparing microbial community diversity in a phylogenetic context

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lozupone, Catherine ^a   Hamady, Micah ^b   Knight, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UCB 428   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLUMBIA RIVER; COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MULTIVARIATE TECHNIQUES; SIGNIFICANCE TEST; WEB APPLICATION;

MICROORGANISMS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ESTUARY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; WEB BROWSER; BACTERIA; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INTERNET; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

RNA 16S;

BACTERIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; INTERNET; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 33748713890     PISSN: 14712105     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-7-371     Document Type: Article

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