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  • Rarefaction distance explanation

    I have 16s data (target: 96F 1492R) that was run on 454. The results are very good. I used ESpirit and mothur on the data to get Chao1 good's coverage and rarefaction graphs.

    I was just wondering if any one of you knows of a publication/books which goes into details explaining why the distances 0.01, 0.03-0.05, 0.1 are very 'important' as diversity markers.

    I deduced that 0.01 means that the OTUs are of the same species
    0.03-0.05 are of the same family/genus
    0.1 same phylum/class

    But I can't find any clear cut study on those numbers.

    thanks

  • #2
    I think those are just heuristics. I have heard 1% for strain/subspecies and 3% for species, but those definitions are fluid.

    Here is a review:
    Pace, N. R. (2009). "Mapping the tree of life: progress and prospects." Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 73(4): 565-76.

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    • #3
      I know you answered this awhile ago, but thanks a lot, it's exactly the kind of article I was looking for.

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