Intragenomic Heterogeneity of 16S rRNA Genes Causes Overestimation of Prokaryotic Diversity
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Intragenomic heterogeneity of 16S rRNA genes causes overestimation of prokaryotic diversity.
Ever since Carl Woese introduced the use of 16S rRNA genes for determining the phylogenetic relationships of prokaryotes, this method has been regarded as the "gold standard" in both microbial phylogeny and ecology studies. However, intragenomic heterogeneity within 16S rRNA genes has been reported in many investigations and is believed to bias the estimation of prokaryotic diversity. In the cu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0099-2240,1098-5336
DOI: 10.1128/aem.01282-13