| Links: ARB - Phylogenetic reconstruction software ClustalW - DNA and protein sequence alignment software Phylip - Phylogenetics inference package including distance matrix calculating software Ribosomal Database Project-II - 16S rRNA gene sequence database with alignments EstimateS - Robert Colwell's program for calculating a number of ecological diversity and richness parameters SPADE - Anne Chao's program for calculating a number ecological diversity and richness parameters GenBank - NIH housed DNA and protein sequence database GCC - Free GNU compiler collection (includes C++) ∫-LIBSHUFF - Statistical software that determines whether two libraries were drawn from the same population TreeClimber - Software that uses phylogenetic trees to determine whether communities have the same structure (i.e. the parsimony test). Our Funding Links: Alaskan Soil Microbial Observatory - NSF funded project that facillitated development of DOTUR and ∫-LIBSHUFF USDA - Soil Biology program funded PD Schloss for a post-doctoral fellowship HHMI - Howard Hughes Medical Institute Program |