Targeted metagenomics: A high-resolution metagenomics approach for specific gene clusters in complex microbial communities

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-22

  Suenaga, Hikaru ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SHORT SURVEY;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84855295480     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02438.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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