Ranking the biases: The choice of OTUs vs. ASVs in 16S rRNA amplicon data analysis has stronger effects on diversity measures than rarefaction and OTU identity threshold

• Marlène Chiarello ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: marlene.chiarello@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Mississippi, University, MS, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6588-7077

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• Mark McCauley,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Mississippi, University, MS, United States of America

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• Sébastien Villéger,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation MARBEC, University of Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Montpellier, France

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• Colin R. Jackson

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Mississippi, University, MS, United States of America

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