The Variability of the 16S rRNA Gene in Bacterial Genomes and Its Consequences for Bacterial Community Analyses

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Větrovský, Tomáš ^a   Baldrian, Petr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ACIDOBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DOSAGE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME SIZE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME SIZE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

EID: 84874536596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057923     Document Type: Article

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