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operational taxonomic unit: a standalone construct

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Microbiology

a sequence-similarity cluster used as a working stand-in for a taxon when naming is impractical.

In microbiology, operational taxonomic unit refers to a sequence-similarity cluster used as a working stand-in for a taxon when naming is impractical. This meaning comes from Schloss (2005) in Applied and Environmental Microbiology.[1]

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References

Schloss, P. D., & Handelsman, J. (2005). Introducing DOTUR, a Computer Program for Defining Operational Taxonomic Units and Estimating Species Richness. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 71(3), 1501-1506. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.71.3.1501-1506.2005

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