Sorcerer II: The search for microbial diversity roils the waters

PLoS Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 0380-0383

  Nicholls, Henry ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; WATER; SEA WATER;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; GENOMICS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; ARTICLE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 33947191440     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050074     Document Type: Review

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