Communicating the promise, risks, and ethics of large-scale, open space microbiome and metagenome research

Communicating the promise, risks, and ethics of large-scale, open space microbiome and metagenome research

Abstract The public commonly associates microorganisms with pathogens. This suspicion of microorganisms is understandable, as historically microorganisms have killed more humans than any other agent while remaining largely unknown until the late seventeenth century with the works of van Leeuwenhoek...

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Main Authors: Daria Shamarina, Iana Stoyantcheva, Christopher E. Mason, Kyle Bibby, Eran Elhaik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Microbiome
Subjects:
Microbiome
Metagenome
Built environment
Public
MetaSUB
Concerns
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-017-0349-4

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