DNA barcoding to map the microbial communities: Current advances and future directions

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3425-3436

  Chakraborty, Chiranjib ^a   Doss, C George Priya ^b   Patra, Bidhan C ^c   Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra ^d  

^a GALGOTIAS UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Barcode marker gene; Biodiversity; DNA barcode; Microbial community; Next generation sequencing

Indexed keywords

BAR CODES; BIODIVERSITY; DNA; VIRUSES;

DNA BARCODE; FUTURE CHALLENGES; MARKER GENES; MICROBIAL BIODIVERSITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MOLECULAR DIVERSITY; NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

GENE ENCODING;

ALGA; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA BARCODING; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA MARKER; FUNGUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WICKERHAMOMYCES ANOMALUS; BIOTA; CLASSIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; PROCEDURES; PROKARYOTIC CELL;

BIOTA; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTIC CELLS;

EID: 84898877054     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5550-9     Document Type: Review

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