Metagenomics: Read length matters

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1453-1463

  Wommack, K Eric ^a   Bhavsar, Jaysheel ^a   Ravel, Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTATION THEORY; MICROBIOLOGY;

FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; METAGENOMIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; PHYLOGENETIC COMPOSITION; PYROSEQUENCING;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

DATABASE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANKTON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; GENBANK; GENOME; GENOMICS; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENY; PYROSEQUENCING; VIRUS GENE;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, VIRAL; GENOMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40549141418     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02181-07     Document Type: Article

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