A communal catalogue reveals Earth's multiscale microbial diversity

Nature

Volumn 551, Issue 7681, 2017, Pages 457-463

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DATABASE; META-ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; ANIMAL; ARCHAEON; ASTRONOMY; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PLANT; PROCEDURES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

RNA 16S;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; EARTH (PLANET); ECOLOGY; GENE DOSAGE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; PLANTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 85034804875     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature24621     Document Type: Article

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