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ReviewIndian journal of microbiology2014

Technicalities and Glitches of Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (T-RFLP).

Om Prakash, Prashant K Pandey, Girish J Kulkarni, Kiran N Mahale, Yogesh S Shouche

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Review in Indian journal of microbiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Om PrakashMicrobial Culture Collection, National Centre for Cell Science, NCCS Complex, Ganeshkhind, Pune, 411007 Maharashtra India.
Prashant K PandeyMicrobial Culture Collection, National Centre for Cell Science, NCCS Complex, Ganeshkhind, Pune, 411007 Maharashtra India.
Girish J KulkarniMicrobial Culture Collection, National Centre for Cell Science, NCCS Complex, Ganeshkhind, Pune, 411007 Maharashtra India.
Kiran N MahaleMicrobial Culture Collection, National Centre for Cell Science, NCCS Complex, Ganeshkhind, Pune, 411007 Maharashtra India.
Yogesh S ShoucheMicrobial Culture Collection, National Centre for Cell Science, NCCS Complex, Ganeshkhind, Pune, 411007 Maharashtra India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) is a rapid, robust, inexpensive and simple tool for microbial community profiling. Methods used for DNA extraction, PCR amplification and digestion of amplified products have a considerable impact on the results of T-RFLP. Pitfalls of the method skew the similarity analysis and compromise its high throughput ability. Despite a high throughput method of data generation, data analysis is still in its infancy and needs more attention. Current article highlights the limitations of the methods used for data generation and analysis. It also provides an overview of the recent methodological developments in T-RFLP which will assist the readers in obtaining real and authentic profiles of the microbial communities under consideration while eluding the inherent biases and technical difficulties.

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ImprecisenessMicrobial ecologyNGS, next generation sequencingReproducibilityResolution

Identifiers

PMID24891731
PMCPMC4039717

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