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How to cite services from this site
If you download data or use software available from RDP, please cite us in the following way:
Cole, J. R., Q. Wang, J. A. Fish, B. Chai, D. M. McGarrell, Y. Sun, C. T. Brown, A. Porras-Alfaro, C. R. Kuske, and J. M. Tiedje. 2014. Ribosomal Database Project: data and tools for high throughput rRNA analysis
Nucl. Acids Res. 42(Database issue):D633-D642; doi: 10.1093/nar/gkt1244 [PMID: 24288368]
If you use RDP's Classifier, please cite:
Wang, Q, G. M. Garrity, J. M. Tiedje, and J. R. Cole. 2007.
Naïve Bayesian Classifier for Rapid Assignment of rRNA Sequences into the New Bacterial Taxonomy.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 73(16):5261-5267; doi: 10.1128/AEM.00062-07 [PMID: 17586664]
If you use RDP's FrameBot, please cite:
Wang, Q., J. F. Quensen III, J. A. Fish, T.-K. Lee, Y. Sun, J. M. Tiedje, J. R. Cole. 2013. Ecological patterns of nifH genes in four terrestrial climatic zones explored with targeted metagenomics using FrameBot, a new informatics tool. mBio 4:e00592-13; doi: 10.1128/mBio.00592-13
If you use RDP's FunGene, please cite:
Fish, J. A., B. Chai, Q. Wang, Y. Sun, C. T. Brown, J. M. Tiedje, and J. R. Cole. 2013. FunGene: the Functional Gene Pipeline and Repository. Front. Microbiol. 4:291; doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00291
If you use RDP's Xander, please cite:
Wang, Q., J. A. Fish, M. Gilman, Y. Sun, C. T. Brown, J. M. Tiedje, and J. R. Cole. 2015. Xander: employing a novel method for efficient gene-targeted metagenomic assembly. Microbiome 3:32; doi: 10.1186/s40168-015-0093-6
For more details on using RDP tools, please read Chapter 36:
Cole J.R., Q. Wang, B. Chai and J.M. Tiedje. 2011. The Ribosomal Database Project: sequences and software for high-throughput rRNA analysis. In F.J. de Bruijn (ed), Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology I: Metagenomics and Complementary Approaches, J. Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ.
Previous RDP Publications
Cole, J. R., Q. Wang, E. Cardenas, J. Fish, B. Chai, R. J. Farris, A. S. Kulam-Syed-Mohideen, D. M. McGarrell, T. Marsh, G. M. Garrity, and J. M. Tiedje. 2009. The Ribosomal Database Project: improved alignments and new tools for rRNA analysis. Nucleic Acids Res. 37 (Database issue): D141-145; doi: 10.1093/nar/gkn879 [PMID: 19004872]
Cole, J. R., B. Chai, R. J. Farris, Q. Wang, A. S. Kulam-Syed-Mohideen, D. M. McGarrell, A. M. Bandela, E. Cardenas, G. M. Garrity, and J. M. Tiedje. 2007. The ribosomal database project (RDP-II): introducing myRDP space and quality controlled public data. Nucleic Acids Res. 35 (Database issue): D169-D172; doi: 10.1093/nar/gkl889 [PMID: 17090583]
Cole, J. R., B. Chai, R. J. Farris, Q. Wang, S. A. Kulam, D. M. McGarrell, G. M. Garrity, and J. M. Tiedje. 2005. The Ribosomal Database Project (RDP-II): sequences and tools for high-throughput rRNA analysis. Nucleic Acids Res. 33 (Database Issue):D294-D296; doi: 10.1093/nar/gki038 [PMID: 15608200]
Cole, J. R., B. Chai, T. L. Marsh, R. J. Farris, Q. Wang, S. A. Kulam, S. Chandra, D. M. McGarrell, T. M. Schmidt, G. M. Garrity, and J. M. Tiedje. 2003. The Ribosomal Database Project (RDP-II): previewing a new autoaligner that allows regular updates and the new prokaryotic taxonomy. Nucleic Acids Res. 31(1):442-443; doi: 1a0.1093/nr/gkg039 [PMID: 12520046]
Maidak, B. L., J. R. Cole, T. G. Lilburn, C. T. Parker, Jr., P. R. Saxman, R. J. Farris, G. M. Garrity, G. J. Olsen, T. M. Schmidt, and J. M. Tiedje. 2001. The RDP-II (Ribosomal Database Project). Nucleic Acids Res. 29(1):173-174; doi: 10.1093/nar/29.1.173 [PMID: 11125082]
Maidak, B. L., J. R. Cole, C. T. Parker, Jr., G. M. Garrity, N. Larsen, B. Li, T. G. Lilburn, M. J. McCaughey, G. J. Olsen, R. Overbeek, S. Pramanik, T. M. Schmidt, J. M. Tiedje, and C. R. Woese. 2000. The RDP (Ribosomal Database Project) continues. Nucleic Acids Res. 28(1):173-174; doi: 10.1093/nar/28.1.173 [PMID: 10592216]
Maidak, B. L., G. J. Olsen, N. Larsen, R. Overbeek, M. J. McCaughey, and C. R. Woese. 1999. A new version of the RDP (Ribosomal Database Project). Nucleic Acids Res. 27(1):171-173; doi: 10.1093/nar/27.1.171 [PMID: 9847171]
Maidak, B. L., G. J. Olsen, N. Larsen, R. Overbeek, M. J. McCaughey, and C. R. Woese. 1997. The RDP (Ribosomal Database Project). Nucleic Acids Res. 25(1):109-111; doi: 10.1093/nar/25.1.109 [PMID: 9016515]
Maidak, B. L., N. Larsen, M. J. McCaughey, R. Overbeek, G. J. Olsen, K. Fogel, J. Blandy, and C. R. Woese. 1996. The Ribosomal Database Project (RDP). Nucleic Acids Res. 24(1):82-85; doi: 10.1093/nar/24.1.82 [PMID: 8594608]
Maidak, B. L., N. Larsen, M. J. McCaughey, R. Overbeek, G. J. Olsen, K. Fogel, J. Blandy, and C. R. Woese. 1994. The Ribosomal Database Project. Nucleic Acids Res. 22(17):3485-3487; doi: 10.1093/nar/22.17.3485 [PMID: 7524021]
Larsen, N., G. J. Olsen, B. L. Maidak, M. J. McCaughey, R. Overbeek, T. J. Macke, T. L. Marsh, and C. R. Woese. 1993. The ribosomal database project. Nucleic Acids Res. 21(13):3021-3023; doi: 10.1093/nar/21.13.3021 [PMID: 8332524]
Olsen, G. J., R. Overbeek, N. Larsen, T. L. Marsh, M. J. McCaughey, M. A. Maciukenas, W. M. Kuan, T. J. Macke, Y. Xing, and C. R. Woese. 1992. The Ribosomal Database Project. Nucleic Acids Res. 20 Suppl:2199-2200; doi: 10.1093/nar/20.suppl.2199 [PMID: 1598241]
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