Vast (but avoidable) underestimation of global biodiversity.

The number of species on Earth is highly uncertain. A recent study has suggested that there are less than 2 million prokaryotic species on Earth; this Formal Comment suggests instead that there are more likely hundreds of millions or billions of species, and that the majority of these are bacteria a...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:1d59b2ce09c34a669eeadc00f0e910862021-12-02T19:54:20ZVast (but avoidable) underestimation of global biodiversity.1544-91731545-788510.1371/journal.pbio.3001192https://doaj.org/article/1d59b2ce09c34a669eeadc00f0e910862021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001192https://doaj.org/toc/1544-9173https://doaj.org/toc/1545-7885The number of species on Earth is highly uncertain. A recent study has suggested that there are less than 2 million prokaryotic species on Earth; this Formal Comment suggests instead that there are more likely hundreds of millions or billions of species, and that the majority of these are bacteria associated with insects and other animals.John J WiensPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENPLoS Biology, Vol 19, Iss 8, p e3001192 (2021)
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John J Wiens
Vast (but avoidable) underestimation of global biodiversity.
description The number of species on Earth is highly uncertain. A recent study has suggested that there are less than 2 million prokaryotic species on Earth; this Formal Comment suggests instead that there are more likely hundreds of millions or billions of species, and that the majority of these are bacteria associated with insects and other animals.
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author John J Wiens
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title Vast (but avoidable) underestimation of global biodiversity.
title_short Vast (but avoidable) underestimation of global biodiversity.
title_full Vast (but avoidable) underestimation of global biodiversity.
title_fullStr Vast (but avoidable) underestimation of global biodiversity.
title_full_unstemmed Vast (but avoidable) underestimation of global biodiversity.
title_sort vast (but avoidable) underestimation of global biodiversity.
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