Don't make a mista(g)ke: Is tag switching an overlooked source of error in amplicon pyrosequencing studies?

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 747-749

  Carlsen, Tor ^a   Aas, Anders Bjørnsgaard ^a   Lindner, Daniel ^b   Vrålstad, Trude ^a   Schumacher, Trond ^a   Kauserud, Håvard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Center for Forest Mycology Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplicon pyrosequencing; Diversity; Fungi; High throughput sequencing; Sequencing errors

Indexed keywords

CHIMAERIFORMES; FUNGI;

EID: 84867098660     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2012.06.003     Document Type: Note

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