Multiple levels of the unknown in microbiome research

BMC Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Thomas, Andrew Maltez ^a   Segata, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEON; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 85068105798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12915-019-0667-z     Document Type: Review

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