Quantitative comparisons of 16S rRNA gene sequence libraries from environmental samples

被引:515
作者
Singleton, DR
Furlong, MA
Rathbun, SL
Whitman, WB
机构
[1] Univ Georgia, Dept Microbiol, Athens, GA 30602 USA
[2] Univ Georgia, Dept Stat, Athens, GA 30602 USA
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D O I
10.1128/AEM.67.9.4374-4376.2001
中图分类号
Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
To determine the significance of differences between clonal libraries of environmental rRNA gene sequences, differences between homologous coverage curves C-X(D), and heterologous coverage curves, C-XY(D), were calculated by a Cramer-von Mises-type statistic and compared by a Monte Carlo test procedure. This method successfully distinguished rRNA gene sequence libraries from soil and bioreactors and correctly failed to find differences between libraries of the same composition.
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页码:4374 / 4376
页数:3
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