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Counting the Uncountable: Statistical Approaches to Estimating Microbial Diversity
Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2001 · Vol. 67(10) · pp. 4399–4406
J.B. Hughes✉(Stanford University)Jessica J. Hellmann(Stanford University)Taylor H. Ricketts(Stanford University)Brendan J. M. Bohannan(Stanford University)
Abstract
All biologists who sample natural communities are plagued with the problem of how well a sample reflects a community's “true” diversity. New genetic techniques have revealed extensive microbial diversity that was previously undetected with culture-dependent methods and morphological
Gut microbiota and healthGenetic diversity and population structureEvolution and Genetic DynamicsDiversity (politics)Genetic diversitySample (material)BiologyUncountable setEvolutionary biologyMathematicsSociologyAnthropologyPopulation
MeSH terms
BacteriaEnvironmental MicrobiologyHumansMouthStatistics as TopicStomachColony Count, MicrobialEcosystemBacterial Physiological Phenomena
Funding
- National Science Foundation
- Fundación Costa Rica Estados Unidos para la Cooperación
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