The Earth Microbiome project: Successes and aspirations

BMC Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gilbert, Jack A ^a,b,c   Jansson, Janet K ^d   Knight, Rob ^e,f  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; MICROFLORA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 84906829581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12915-014-0069-1     Document Type: Note

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