Absolute quantification of microbial taxon abundances

ISME Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 584-587

  Props, Ruben ^a,b   Kerckhof, Frederiek Maarten ^a   Rubbens, Peter ^a   Vrieze, Jo De ^a   Sanabria, Emma Hernandez ^a   Waegeman, Willem ^a   Monsieurs, Pieter ^b   Hammes, Frederik ^c   Boon, Nico ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BACTERIUM; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICROBIOTA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84986616850     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2016.117     Document Type: Article

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