A statistical toolbox for metagenomics: assessing functional diversity in microbial communities

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The 99% of bacteria in the environment that are recalcitrant to culturing have spurred the development of metagenomics, a culture-independent approach to sample and characterize microbial genomes. Massive datasets of metagenomic sequ...

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Main Authors: Handelsman Jo, Schloss Patrick D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-01-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/9/34