Factors that affect large subunit ribosomal DNA amplicon sequencing studies of fungal communities: Classification method, primer choice, and error

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Porter, Teresita M ^a   Golding, G Brian ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LARGE SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ACCURACY; AMPLICON; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BAYESIAN LEARNING; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; GENETIC DATABASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIMULATION; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ALGORITHM; ARTIFACT; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARGE RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BASE COMPOSITION; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA PRIMERS; FUNGI; METAGENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, LARGE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84860470994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035749     Document Type: Article

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