Interpreting 16S metagenomic data without clustering to achieve sub-OTU resolution

ISME Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 68-80

  Tikhonov, Mikhail ^a   Leach, Robert W ^a   Wingreen, Ned S ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OTUS;

RNA 16S;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METAGENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; METAGENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84923545661     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.117     Document Type: Article

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