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16S rRNA Gene

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-000022

Part of the ribosomal RNA genes that microbiologists use for the phylogenetic identification of bacteria. Due to the different levels of sequence conservancy they are also used in the development of methods to detect bacteria in complex samples.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-000022
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesEPA Microbial Source Tracking Guide Document Glossary at http://www.ces.purdue.edu/waterquality/resources/MSTGuide.pdf
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-000022",
  "term": "16S rRNA Gene",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Part of the ribosomal RNA genes that microbiologists use for the phylogenetic identification of bacteria. Due to the different levels of sequence conservancy they are also used in the development of methods to detect bacteria in complex samples.",
  "references": [
    "EPA Microbial Source Tracking Guide Document Glossary at http://www.ces.purdue.edu/waterquality/resources/MSTGuide.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/16s-rrna-gene/"
}

Record 22 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.