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Amplification by PCR Artificially Reduces the Proportion of the Rare Biosphere in Microbial Communities

The microbial world has been shown to hold an unimaginable diversity. The use of rRNA genes and PCR amplification to assess microbial community structure and diversity present biases that need to be analyzed in order to understand the risks involved in those estimates. Herein, we show that PCR ampli...

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Autores principales: Gonzalez, Juan M., Portillo, Maria C., Belda-Ferre, Pedro, Mira, Alex
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3256211/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22253843
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029973