To BAC or not to BAC:: marine ecogenomics

被引:42
作者
Béjà, O [1 ]
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[1] Technion Israel Inst Technol, Dept Biol, IL-32000 Haifa, Israel
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10.1016/j.copbio.2004.03.005
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Q5 [生物化学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Most microbes in the ocean are still resistant to our collective cultivation efforts. Environmental microbial genomics provides science with the means for accessing and assessing the genomes, diversity, evolution and population dynamics of uncultured microorganisms - the ocean's hidden majority.
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页码:187 / 190
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