Taxonomic Classification of Bacterial 16S rRNA Genes Using Short Sequencing Reads: Evaluation of Effective Study Designs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mizrahi Man, Orna ^a   Davenport, Emily R ^a   Gilad, Yoav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BAYES THEOREM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; RNA 16S GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT READ SEQUENCING; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMIC RANK;

BAYES THEOREM; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; METAGENOME; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; PHYLOGENY; RESEARCH DESIGN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84872132821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053608     Document Type: Article

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