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Title: Confidence intervals for similarity values determined for clonedSSU rRNA genes from environmental samples

Abstract

The goal of this research was to investigate the influenceof the error rate of sequence determination on the differentiation ofcloned SSU rRNA gene sequences for assessment of community structure. SSUrRNA cloned sequences from groundwater samples that represent differentbacterial divisions were sequenced multiple times with the samesequencing primer. From comparison of sequence alignments with unediteddata, confidence intervals were obtained from both a adouble binomial Tmodel of sequence comparison and by non-parametric methods. The resultsindicated that similarity values below 0.9946 arelikely derived fromdissimilar sequences at a confidence level of 0.95, and not sequencingerrors. The results confirmed that screening by direct sequencedetermination could be reliably used to differentiate at the specieslevel. However, given sequencing errors comparable to those seen in thisstudy, sequences with similarities above 0.9946 should be treated as thesame sequence if a 95 percent confidence is desired.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
COLLABORATION - Miami U./Oxford,OH
OSTI Identifier:
922709
Report Number(s):
LBNL-60420
Journal ID: ISSN 0167-7012; JMIMDQ; R&D Project: VGTLTH; BnR: KP1102010; TRN: US200803%%448
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Microbiological Methods
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 65; Journal Issue: 1; Related Information: Journal Publication Date: April, 2006; Journal ID: ISSN 0167-7012
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59; 54; GENES; DNA SEQUENCERS; DNA SEQUENCING; ACCURACY; GROUND WATER; BACTERIA; Clone Environmental Error analysis SSU rRNA genesSequencing

Citation Formats

Fields, M W, Schryver, J C, Brandt, C C, Yan, T, Zhou, J Z, and Palumbo, A V. Confidence intervals for similarity values determined for clonedSSU rRNA genes from environmental samples. United States: N. p., 2007. Web.
Fields, M W, Schryver, J C, Brandt, C C, Yan, T, Zhou, J Z, & Palumbo, A V. Confidence intervals for similarity values determined for clonedSSU rRNA genes from environmental samples. United States.
Fields, M W, Schryver, J C, Brandt, C C, Yan, T, Zhou, J Z, and Palumbo, A V. 2007. "Confidence intervals for similarity values determined for clonedSSU rRNA genes from environmental samples". United States.
@article{osti_922709,
title = {Confidence intervals for similarity values determined for clonedSSU rRNA genes from environmental samples},
author = {Fields, M W and Schryver, J C and Brandt, C C and Yan, T and Zhou, J Z and Palumbo, A V},
abstractNote = {The goal of this research was to investigate the influenceof the error rate of sequence determination on the differentiation ofcloned SSU rRNA gene sequences for assessment of community structure. SSUrRNA cloned sequences from groundwater samples that represent differentbacterial divisions were sequenced multiple times with the samesequencing primer. From comparison of sequence alignments with unediteddata, confidence intervals were obtained from both a adouble binomial Tmodel of sequence comparison and by non-parametric methods. The resultsindicated that similarity values below 0.9946 arelikely derived fromdissimilar sequences at a confidence level of 0.95, and not sequencingerrors. The results confirmed that screening by direct sequencedetermination could be reliably used to differentiate at the specieslevel. However, given sequencing errors comparable to those seen in thisstudy, sequences with similarities above 0.9946 should be treated as thesame sequence if a 95 percent confidence is desired.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/922709}, journal = {Journal of Microbiological Methods},
issn = {0167-7012},
number = 1,
volume = 65,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 02 00:00:00 EDT 2007},
month = {Mon Apr 02 00:00:00 EDT 2007}
}