Capturing the uncultivated majority

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 236-240

  Green, Brian D ^a   Keller, Martin ^a  

^a DIVERSA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CELL CULTURE; DNA; ECOLOGY; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; RNA;

INTRACELLULAR DNA; METAGENOMES; METAGENOMIC LIBRARIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

RIBOSOME RNA;

DNA ISOLATION; DNA LIBRARY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 33744922635     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2006.05.004     Document Type: Review

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