Effects of OTU Clustering and PCR Artifacts on Microbial Diversity Estimates

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 709-719

  Patin, Nastassia V ^a,c   Kunin, Victor ^b   Lidström, Ulrika ^b   Ashby, Matthew N ^a,b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Taxon Biosciences Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84876117081     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-012-0145-4     Document Type: Article

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