Advantages of the metagenomic approach for soil exploration: Reply from Vogel et al.

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 756-757

  Vogel, Timothy M ^a   Simonet, Pascal ^a   Hirsch, Penny R ^b   Jansson, Janet K ^c   Tiedje, James M ^d   van Elsas, Jan Dirk ^e   Nalin, Renaud ^f   Philippot, Laurent ^g   Bailey, Mark J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f LibraGen   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^h CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LETTER; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 70349292554     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2119-c3     Document Type: Letter

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