16S rRNA

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Ribosomal RNA. One RNA that is part of the ribosome. The 16 S refers to 16 Svedberg units – a measure of how fast the molecule sediments in a centrifuge.

14 – 6 Microbes that live in close association with plants
18 – 6 Staphylococcus aureus causes a large number of human infections
18 – 8 Tetanus and botulism are intoxications caused by clostridia
22 – 3 Macromolecular sequence data shows how microbes evolve
22 – 4 A classification scheme that flows from evolution has many advantages over other methods

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