metaxa2: Improved identification and taxonomic classification of small and large subunit rRNA in metagenomic data

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1403-1414

  Bengtsson Palme, Johan ^a   Hartmann, Martin ^b,c   Eriksson, Karl Martin ^d   Pal, Chandan ^a   Thorell, Kaisa ^a,d,e   Larsson, Dan Göran Joakim ^a   Nilsson, Rolf Henrik ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^d CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

16S; 18S; Metagenomics; Microbial communities; rRNA libraries; Taxonomic assignment

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA 18S; RNA 23S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 26S;

BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; METAGENOMICS; PROCEDURES;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; METAGENOMICS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84943580979     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12399     Document Type: Article

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