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David M. Needham

Researcher at University of Southern California

Publications -  30
Citations -  4338

David M. Needham is an academic researcher from University of Southern California. The author has contributed to research in topics: 18S ribosomal RNA & Genome. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 30 publications receiving 2858 citations. Previous affiliations of David M. Needham include Auburn University & Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.

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Comprehensive single-PCR 16S and 18S rRNA community analysis validated with mock communities, and estimation of sequencing bias against 18S.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed 16S and 18S rRNA mock communities and a bioinformatic pipeline to validate this approach, using these mocks, they show that universal primers (515Y/926R) outperformed eukaryote-specific V4 primers in observed versus expected abundance correlations (slope = 0.88 vs. 0.67-0.79).
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Influence of Light on Particulate Organic Matter Utilization by Attached and Free-Living Marine Bacteria.

TL;DR: Results show that light influences particle degradation and C and N incorporation by attached bacteria, suggesting that the transfer between particulate and free-living phases are likely affected by external factors that change with the light regime, such as time of day, water column depth and season.