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| a sequence varient of a given gene |
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| phylogeneticaly related prokaryotes distinct from bacteria |
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| phylogenetically related prokaryotes distinct from archaea |
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| phylogenetic methods that group organisms by their evolutionary relationships, not by their phenotypic similarities |
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| in a taxonomic sense, the highest level of biological classification |
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| genome-wide comparison of sequence similarity by measuring the extent of hybridization of DNA from one organism to another. |
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| a population of genetically identical cells sharing a particular resource within an ecological niche |
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| fatty acid methyl ester; a technique for identifying microorganisms from their fatty acids |
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| flourescent in situ hybridization; a staining technique for phylogenetic studies |
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| % of guanine and cytosine base pairs in a genome |
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| the transfer of DNA from one cell to another cell |
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| a DNA sequence that can be used as a comparative temporal measure of evolutionary divergence |
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| in a phylogeny, a group descended from one ancestor |
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| Multilocus Sequence Typing |
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| strain typing using housekeeping DNA sequences of multiple genes |
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| an oligonucleotide, sometimes made fluorescent by attachment of a dye, complementary in sequence to some sequence in rRNA |
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| the evolutionary history of an organism |
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| a means of identifying microorganisms from analysis of DNA fragments generated from restriction enzyme digestion of the genes encoding 16S rRNA |
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| the study of the diversity of organisms and their relationships; includes taxonomy and phylogeny |
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