Unlocking the potential of metagenomics through replicated experimental design

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 513-520

  Knight, Rob ^a   Jansson, Janet ^b,c   Field, Dawn ^d   Fierer, Noah ^a   Desai, Narayan ^e   Fuhrman, Jed A ^f   Hugenholtz, Phil ^g   Van Der Lelie, Daniel ^h   Meyer, Folker ^e,i   Stevens, Rick ^e,i   Bailey, Mark J ^d   Gordon, Jeffrey I ^j   Kowalchuk, George A ^k,l   Gilbert, Jack A ^e,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^h RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^j WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^l VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE RESEARCH; DATA STANDARDS; DNA SEQUENCING; ENERGY SOURCE; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL LIFE; PARADIGM SHIFTS; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATIONS;

BIODEGRADATION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

GLYCOSIDASE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENERGY RESOURCE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GENE TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84862024684     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.2235     Document Type: Review

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