operational taxonomic unit

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operational taxonomic unit

noun operational taxonomic units · OTU

A terminal node in phylogenetic analysis; an organism. External nodes: things under comparison; operational taxonomic units

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@misc{operational_taxonomic_unit_2026,
  title = {operational taxonomic unit},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/operational%20taxonomic%20unit},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}