Understanding Bias in Microbial Community Analysis Techniques due to rrn Operon Copy Number Heterogeneity

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1 April 2003

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in BioTechniques

Vol. 34 (4) , 790-802
https://doi.org/10.2144/03344rr01

Abstract

Molecular tools based on rRNA (rrn) genes are valuable techniques for the study of microbial communities. However, the presence of operon copy number heterogeneity represents a source of systematic...

Keywords

COPY NUMBERS
DIVERSITY
BIAS
RRN
OPERON
TECHNIQUES
COMMUNITY
MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES

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