Microbial community profiling using 16S rRNA gene sequences requires accurate taxonomy assignments. ‘Universal’ primers target conserved sequences and amplify sequences from many taxa, but they ...

Are species constructs of the human mind? -- Why is there a species problem? -- Is the biological species a class or is it an individual? -- What are traits in taxonomy? -- Diversity within the ...

Ah, metadata and taxonomies: what’s not to love? Ask your content creators and you’ll be told loud and clear: having to apply said metadata and taxonomies to content through tagging. Although rich and ...