Tilting at windmills: a response to a recent critique of terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism data

Comment

Noah Fierer. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2007 Dec.

. 2007 Dec;73(24):8041; author reply 8041-2.

doi: 10.1128/AEM.02140-07.

No abstract available

Comment on

Interpreting ecological diversity indices applied to terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism data: insights from simulated microbial communities.
Blackwood CB, Hudleston D, Zak DR, Buyer JS. Blackwood CB, et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2007 Aug;73(16):5276-83. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00514-07. Epub 2007 Jun 29. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2007. PMID: 17601815 Free PMC article.

1. Blackwood, C. B., D. Hudleston, D. R. Zak, and J. S. Buyer. 2007. Interpreting ecological diversity indices applied to terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism data: insights from simulated microbial communities. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73:5276-5283. - PMC - PubMed
1. Fierer, N., and R. Jackson. 2006. The diversity and biogeography of soil bacterial communities. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103:626-631. - PMC - PubMed
1. Bent, S. J., J. D. Pierson, and L. J. Forney. 2007. Measuring species richness based on microbial community fingerprints: the emperor has no clothes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73:2399-2401. - PMC - PubMed
1. Blackwood, C. B., D. Hudleston, D. R. Zak, and J. S. Buyer. 2007. Interpreting ecological diversity indices applied to terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism data: insights from simulated microbial communities. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73:5276-5283. - PMC - PubMed
1. Dunbar, J., L. O. Ticknor, and C. R. Kuske. 2000. Assessment of microbial diversity in four southwestern United States soils by 16S rRNA gene terminal restriction fragment analysis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:2943-2950. - PMC - PubMed