A census-based estimate of Earth's bacterial and archaeal diversity.
The global diversity of Bacteria and Archaea, the most ancient and most widespread forms of life on Earth, is a subject of intense controversy. This controversy stems largely from the fact that existing estimates are entirely based on theoretical models or extrapolations from small and biased data s...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-02-01
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Series: | PLoS Biology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000106 |