Phylogenetically Novel Uncultured Microbial Cells Dominate Earth Microbiomes

ABSTRACT To describe a microbe’s physiology, including its metabolism, environmental roles, and growth characteristics, it must be grown in a laboratory culture. Unfortunately, many phylogenetically novel groups have never been cultured, so their physiologies have only been inferred from genomics an...

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Main Authors: Karen G. Lloyd, Andrew D. Steen, Joshua Ladau, Junqi Yin, Lonnie Crosby
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/dbc94fea74184f278bbef473c9700afe
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