Are oligotypes meaningful ecological and phylogenetic units? A case study of Microcystis in Freshwater lakes

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue MAR, 2017, Pages

  Berry, Michelle A ^a   White, Jeffrey D ^b   Davis, Timothy W ^c   Jain, Sunit ^a   Johengen, Thomas H ^a   Dick, Gregory J ^a   Sarnelle, Orlando ^d   Denef, Vincent J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FRAMINGHAM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene sequencing; Dada2; Ecotypes; Microbial species; Microcystis; Oligotypes

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; MICROCYSTIN; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; LAKE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCYSTIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; OLIGOTYPING; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNIT; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TAXONOMIC RANK;

EID: 85016628377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00365     Document Type: Article

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