Quality-Score Refinement of SSU rRNA Gene Pyrosequencing Differs Across Gene Region for Environmental Samples

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 499-508

  Bowen de León, Kara ^a,b   Ramsay, Bradley D ^a,b   Fields, Matthew W ^a,b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ENIGMA ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; RNA GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; THERMAL SPRING;

BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; GENES, RRNA; HOT SPRINGS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84864350928     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-012-0043-9     Document Type: Article

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