16S rRNA Sequencing

Profiles bacterial taxonomic identity or community composition using the 16S rRNA gene; species-level resolution is possible only for sufficiently discriminating taxa/data.

References

• Woese, C.R., Fox, G.E. "Phylogenetic Structure of the Prokaryotic Domain: The Primary Kingdoms." PNAS 74, no. 11 (1977): 5088–5090.