Quantitative metagenomic analyses based on average genome size normalization

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2513-2521

  Frank, Jeremy A ^a   Sørensen, Søren J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; GENE CONTENT; GENOME SIZES; GENOMICS; MARINE SOURCES; METABOLIC CAPABILITIES; METAGENOMES; METAGENOMIC ANALYSIS; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RRNA GENES;

METABOLISM; RNA;

GENES;

RNA 16S;

AUTOTROPHY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CHLOROBI; CYANOBACTERIUM; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; EVALUATION; GENETICS; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STANDARD;

BACTERIAL LOAD; CHLOROBI; CYANOBACTERIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

CHLOROBI; CYANOBACTERIA; DESULFOBACTERACEAE;

EID: 79953276286     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02167-10     Document Type: Article

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