T-RFPred: a nucleotide sequence size prediction tool for microbial community description based on terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism chromatograms

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Terminal-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (T-RFLP) is a technique used to analyze complex microbial communities. It allows for the quantification of unique or numerically dominant phylotypes in amplicon pools and it has been...

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Main Authors: Casamayor Emilio O, Mou Xiaozhen, Buchan Alison, Fernàndez-Guerra Antonio, González José M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-10-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/10/262