Culturing the Uncultured: Risk versus Reward
Isolation of new microorganisms is challenging, but cultures are invaluable resources for experimental validation of phenotype, ecology, and evolutionary processes. Although the number of new isolates continues to grow, the majority of cultivars still come from a limited number of phylogenetic group...
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| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2019-05-01
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| Series: | mSystems |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00130-19 |