Introduction

The phylogenetic and ecological complexity of microbial communities necessitates the development of new methods to determine whether two or more communities have the same structure even though it is not possible to sample the communities exhaustively. To address this need, we adapted a method used in population genetics, the parsimony test, to determine the relatedness of communities. Here we describe our implementation of the parsimony test, TreeClimber, in which we reanalyzed six previously published studies and compared the results of the analysis to those obtained using integral-LIBSHUFF.

Publications

  1. Introducing TreeClimber, a test to compare microbial community structures.
    Cite this
    Schloss PD, Handelsman J, 2006-04-01 - Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Credits

  1. Patrick D Schloss
    Developer

  2. Jo Handelsman
    Investigator

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Summary
AccessionBT005610
Tool TypeApplication
Category
PlatformsLinux/Unix
TechnologiesC++
User InterfaceTerminal Command Line
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Submitted ByJo Handelsman