Construction & assessment of a unified curated reference database for improving the taxonomic classification of bacteria using 16S rRNA sequence data

Background & objectives: For bacterial community analysis, 16S rRNA sequences are subjected to taxonomic classification through comparison with one of the three commonly used databases [Greengenes, SILVA and Ribosomal Database Project (RDP)]. It was hypothesized that a unified database containin...

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Main Authors: Shikha Agnihotry, Aditya N Sarangi, Rakesh Aggarwal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Medical Research
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Online Access:http://www.ijmr.org.in/article.asp?issn=0971-5916;year=2020;volume=151;issue=1;spage=93;epage=103;aulast=Agnihotry