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@article{citeulike:1122449, abstract = {The taxonomic composition of environmental communities is an important indicator of their ecology and function. We used a set of protein-coding marker genes, extracted from large-scale environmental shotgun sequencing data, to provide a more direct, quantitative, and accurate picture of community composition than that provided by traditional ribosomal RNA-based approaches depending on the polymerase chain reaction. Mapping marker genes from four diverse environmental data sets onto a reference species phylogeny shows that certain communities evolve faster than others. The method also enables determination of preferred habitats for entire microbial clades and provides evidence that such habitat preferences are often remarkably stable over time.}, author = {von Mering, C. and Hugenholtz, P. and Raes, J. and Tringe, S. G. and Doerks, T. and Jensen, L. J. and Ward, N. and Bork, P.}, citeulike-article-id = {1122449}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1133420}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/315/5815/1126}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17272687}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17272687}, day = {23}, doi = {10.1126/science.1133420}, issn = {1095-9203}, journal = {Science (New York, N.Y.)}, keywords = {bacteria, metagenomics}, month = {February}, number = {5815}, pages = {1126--1130}, posted-at = {2007-02-26 09:47:11}, priority = {2}, title = {Quantitative phylogenetic assessment of microbial communities in diverse environments.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1133420}, volume = {315}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1122449 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1122449 N2 - The taxonomic composition of environmental communities is an important indicator of their ecology and function. We used a set of protein-coding marker genes, extracted from large-scale environmental shotgun sequencing data, to provide a more direct, quantitative, and accurate picture of community composition than that provided by traditional ribosomal RNA-based approaches depending on the polymerase chain reaction. Mapping marker genes from four diverse environmental data sets onto a reference species phylogeny shows that certain communities evolve faster than others. The method also enables determination of preferred habitats for entire microbial clades and provides evidence that such habitat preferences are often remarkably stable over time. IS - 5815 JF - Science (New York, N.Y.) SN - 1095-9203 EP - 1130 TI - Quantitative phylogenetic assessment of microbial communities in diverse environments. VL - 315 SP - 1126 KW - bacteria KW - metagenomics AU - von Mering, C AU - Hugenholtz, P AU - Raes, J AU - Tringe, SG AU - Doerks, T AU - Jensen, LJ AU - Ward, N AU - Bork, P PY - 2007/02/23/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1133420 ER -