OTU  (Operational taxonomic units)


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Operational taxonomic units; this is a fancy way of indicating the groups (taxa) being classified. An OTU can refer to any level of the taxonomic hierarchy including individuals of a species, or different species, or different genera, and so on. (http://employees.csbsju.edu/ssaupe/biol308/Lecture/Classification/phenet... )