Introducing W.A.T.E.R.S.: a Workflow for the Alignment, Taxonomy, and Ecology of Ribosomal Sequences

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>For more than two decades microbiologists have used a highly conserved microbial gene as a phylogenetic marker for bacteria and archaea. The small-subunit ribosomal RNA gene, also known as 16 S rRNA, is encoded by ribosomal DNA, 16 S...

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Main Authors: Ludäscher Bertram, McPhillips Timothy, Riddle Sean, Hartman Amber L, Eisen Jonathan A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-06-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/11/317