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16S rRNA
For 16S rRNA we have a term and definition in Microbiology.
16s Rrna (Microbiology) 
A large polynucleotide (about 1500 bases) which functions as a part of the small subunit of the ribosome of prokaryotes and from whose sequence evolutionary information can be obtained; the eukaryotic counterpart is 18S rRNA.
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