Preferred term
operational taxonomic unit
Definition
- [Henderson's] (1) any group of living organisms, e.g. genus or species, designated by numerical taxo­nomy; (2) any object that can be used as the unit to be ranked in a phylogenetic tree, e.g. a species, protein sequence or DNA sequence.
Broader concept
Entry terms
- OTU
Scope note
- MS Academic Keyword
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21637