A simple binomial test for estimating sequencing errors in public repository 16S rRNA sequences

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-179

  Zo, Young Gun ^a,b   Colwell, Rita R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Binomial model; Sequence similarity coefficient; Sequencing error; SSU rRNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; BOOTSTRAPPING; ERROR; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENBANK; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIBRIONACEAE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VIBRIONACEAE;

VIBRIONACEAE;

EID: 38049052307     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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