Broadscale Ecological Patterns Are Robust to Use of Exact Sequence Variants versus Operational Taxonomic Units

Microbial ecologists have made exceptional improvements in our understanding of microbiomes in the last decade due to breakthroughs in sequencing technologies. These advances have wide-ranging implications for fields ranging from agriculture to human health. Due to limitations in databases, the majo...

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Main Authors: Sydney I. Glassman, Jennifer B. H. Martiny
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-07-01
Series:mSphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00148-18