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UniFrac: a standalone construct

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UniFrac1 CONSTRUCTUniFracLOZUPONE · MICROBIOLOGY

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Microbiology

a distance between microbial communities measured as the fraction of phylogenetic tree branch length unique to one community.

In microbiology, UniFrac refers to a distance between microbial communities measured as the fraction of phylogenetic tree branch length unique to one community. This meaning comes from Lozupone (2005) in Applied and Environmental Microbiology.[1]

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References

  1. Lozupone, C., & Knight, R. (2005). UniFrac: a New Phylogenetic Method for Comparing Microbial Communities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 71(12), 8228-8235. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.71.12.8228-8235.2005

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