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23S rRNA Gene

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-000038

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-000038
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-000038",
  "term": "23S 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/23s-rrna-gene/"
}

Record 38 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.