Operational taxonomic unit

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A terminal node in phylogenetic analysis. Often abbreviated as OTU.

Definition given by the NCBI:[1]

"Taxonomic level of sampling selected by the user to be used in a study, such as individuals, populations, species, genera, or bacterial strains."

Another definition:[2]

"Operational taxonomic unit, species distinction in microbiology. Typically using rDNA and a percent similarity threshold for classifying microbes within the same, or different, OTUs"

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Just the Facts: A Basic Introduction to the Science Underlying NCBI Resources". 
  2. ↑ Wooley, John C. "A Primer on Metagenomics". PLOS Computational Biology. Retrieved 14 November 2012. 


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