Predictive functional profiling of microbial communities using 16S rRNA marker gene sequences

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MetagenomicsBiologyPhylogenetic tree16S ribosomal RNAGeneComputational biologyPhylogeneticsMicrobiomeGeneticsRibosomal RNAGenomeEvolutionary biology

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Year: 2013
Type: article
Volume: 31
Issue: 9
Pages: 814-821
Citations: 8922
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                                    Morgan G. I. Langille, 
                                
                                    Jesse Zaneveld, 
                                
                                    J. Gregory Caporaso
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2013). 
                            Predictive functional profiling of microbial communities using 16S rRNA marker gene sequences. 
                            Nature Biotechnology
                            , 31
                            (9)
                            , 814-821.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2676
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/nbt.2676