Reverse taxonomy for elucidating diversity of insect-associated nematodes: a case study with termites.
BACKGROUND: The molecular operational taxonomic unit (MOTU) has recently been applied to microbial and microscopic animal biodiversity surveys. However, in many cases, some of the MOTUs cannot be definitively tied to any of the taxonomic groups in current databases. To surmount these limitations, th...
Main Authors: | Natsumi Kanzaki, Robin M Giblin-Davis, Rudolf H Scheffrahn, Hisatomo Taki, Alejandro Esquivel, Kerrie A Davies, E Allen Herre |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3429485?pdf=render |
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