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Operational Taxonomic Unit (Dictionary Entry)

Operational Taxonomic Unit (Dictionary Entry)

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25-50-2020

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Operational Taxonomic Unit

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Operational Taxonomic Unit. Also a biological term, operational taxo-
nomic unit (OTU) refers to the basic unit used in the numerical analysis.
Often the OTU is an individual organism, but it could be a group or some
other unit (see Sneath & Sokal, 1973, pp. 68-75).

Bailey, 1994, p. 6

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