Rarity of microbial species: In search of reliable associations.

The role of microbial interactions in defining the properties of microbiota is a topic of key interest in microbial ecology. Microbiota contain hundreds to thousands of operational taxonomic units (OTUs), most of them rare. This feature of community structure can lead to methodological difficulties:...

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Main Authors: Arnaud Cougoul, Xavier Bailly, Gwenaël Vourc'h, Patrick Gasqui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200458