Appendix2.tex

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\chapter{Abreviations}

\begin{itemize}
\item \textbf{SM}: Supplementary Material
\item \textbf{$S$}: Richness
\item \textbf{DNA}: Deoxyribonucleic acid
\item \textbf{RNA}: Ribonucleic acid
\item \textbf{rRNA}: Ribosomial RNA
\item \textbf{16S}: Small subunit of prokaryotic ribosomes
\item \textbf{BSC}: Biological species concept
\item \textbf{PhSC}: Phenetic species concept
\item \textbf{ESC}: Evolutionary species concept
\item \textbf{ACE}: Abundance-based coverage estimator
\item \textbf{MRR}: Mark-release-recapture method
\item \textbf{bp}: DNA base pair
\item \textbf{kb}: kilobase, unit of length for DNA fragments equal to 1'000 nucleotides
\item \textbf{Mb}: Megabase, unit of length for DNA fragments equal to 1'000'000 nucleotides
\item \textbf{NGS}: Next-generation or second-generation sequencing
\item \textbf{ORF}: Open Reading Frame
\item \textbf{PCR}: Polymerase Chain Reaction
\item \textbf{SSU}: Small Sub-Unit
\item \textbf{recA}: Gene for the recombinant A protein
\item \textbf{recA}: Gene for the $\beta$-subunit of bacterial RNA polymerase
\item \textbf{T-RFLP}: Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
\item \textbf{T-RF}: Terminal Restriction Fragment
\item \textbf{INSDC}: International Nucleotide Sequence Database
\item \textbf{SRA}: Sequence Read Archive
\item \textbf{RDP}: Ribosomal Database Project
\item \textbf{nt}: Nucleotide
\item \textbf{LSU}: Large Sub-Unit of the rRNA gene
\item \textbf{SSU}: Small Sub-Unit of the rRNA gene
\item \textbf{gfp}: Green Fluorescent Protein
\item \textbf{CF}: Cystic Fibrosis
\item \textbf{S}: Stable patients
\item \textbf{SD}: Severe decliners patients
\item \textbf{SES}: Spontaneously Expectorated Sputum
\item \textbf{FEV\textsubscript{1}}: Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second
\item \textbf{ANOVA}: Analysis of Variance
\item \textbf{CMLE}: Conditional Maximum Likelihood Estimates
\item \textbf{BMI}: Body Mass Index
\item \textbf{CFTR}: Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator
\item \textbf{OR}: Odds Ratio
\item \textbf{CI}: Confidence Interval
\item \textbf{MCL}: Markov Cluster Algorithm
\item \textbf{ICCC}: Intracluster Clustering Coefficient
\item \textbf{IF}: Inflation Value
\item \textbf{WHC}: Water Holding Capacity
\item \textbf{RH}: Relative Humidity
\item \textbf{ASCII}: American Standard Code for Information Interchange
\item \textbf{BLAST}: Basic Local Alignment Search Tool
\item \textbf{NGS}: Next Generation Sequencing
\item \textbf{GUI}: Graphical User Interface
\end{itemize}