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TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY
卷 29, 期 1, 页码 19-27出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2020.05.019
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- Academy of Finland [287153, 329334, 308766]
- University of Oulu Graduate School
- Finnish Cultural Foundation
- Academy of Finland (AKA) [287153, 287153, 308766, 329334, 308766, 329334] Funding Source: Academy of Finland (AKA)
Variation in rDNA copy number is a common response to environmental change, complicating the analysis of rDNA amplicon sequence data. It is emphasized that interpreting amplicon sequence data in light of possible interspecific and intraspecific variation, and examining the potential plasticity in rDNA copy number is important to understand how microbial communities are structured in heterogeneous environments.
Amplicon sequencing of partial regions of the ribosomal RNA loci (rDNA) is widely used to profile microbial communities. However, the rDNA is dynamic and can exhibit substantial interspecific and intraspecific variation in copy number in prokaryotes and, especially, in microbial eukaryotes. As change in rDNA copy number is a common response to environmental change, rDNA copy number is not necessarily a property of a species. Variation in rDNA copy number, especially the capacity for large intraspecific changes driven by external cues, complicates analyses of rDNA amplicon sequence data. We highlight the need to (i) interpret amplicon sequence data in light of possible interspecific and intraspecific variation, and (ii) examine the potential plasticity in rDNA copy number as an important ecological factor to better understand how microbial communities are structured in heterogeneous environments.
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