The trajectory of microbial single-cell sequencing

Nature Methods

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1045-1054

  Woyke, Tanja ^a   Doud, Devin F R ^a   Schulz, Frederik ^a  

^a DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FREEZING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL GENOME; MICROFLUIDICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETICS; MICROFLORA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOTA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85032571368     PISSN: 15487091     EISSN: 15487105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.4469     Document Type: Review

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