(It's a ...) Micro World (... after all): Linkage ...

Friday, April 17, 2009

Linkage ...

... to some web-based resources I've had to use lately.

Libshuff (Sequence Library Comparison) - To determine whether or not your various DNA (in my case microbial) libraries are statistically similar or not. It's hosted by UGA.

DNADIST - In order to use the web-based program above, you need a DNA distance matrix file. It's a part of the Phylip package. There is an online resource for this though hosted by the Pasteur Institute (which is what is linked above).

Or, if you don't want to use libshuff like I am, you can use UniFrac.

3 comments:

microbiologist xx said...: Do you by any chance have access to Current Protocols in Microbiology?; 11:11 PM
Tom said...: I might, I'd have to check. What do you need?; 1:36 AM
microbiologist xx said...: Sorry to take so long getting back. I couldn't remember which post I asked this question in.
I am specifically looking for this:
Curr Protoc Microbiol. 2009 Feb;Chapter 9:Unit9A.1.
It's on C. diff
If you can get a PDF, send it to: microbio.xx at gmail.com

I seem to have access to every other current protocols, just not microbiology. :) Thanks for checking.; 7:55 PM

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Professionally I am a bug hunter (aka microbiologist) and a gene jockey (aka molecular biologist). I started my career as a med tech, but now I'm a research scientist who studies environmental microbiology. When I'm not answering scientific questions about the roles that microbes play on climate change and/or water and soil quality, I'm an amateur astronomer and play racquetball. I'm also a sports nut, though my liking of both the NY Metropolitans (baseball) and NY Jets (football) tests my devotion to these sports on a continual basis. Fortunately, I'm also an OU alumnus (PhD, Microbiology) and we usually have a pretty good football team. Boomer Sooner!

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