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- Title
To sequence or not to sequence the whole-soil metagenome?
- Authors
Baveye, Philippe C.
- Abstract
The author reflects on sequencing soil metagenomes and the lack of understanding of many soil processes. He cites the paper by Timothy Vogel and colleagues saying that very few microorganisms have been grown in the laboratory and they admit that they need to make and use new approaches to cultivate rare members of the soil community to assign functions to unknown genes that is sure to be found. He suggests that an in-depth debate is needed before proceeding with the time-consuming operation.
- Subjects
MICROBIAL genomes; NUCLEOTIDE sequence; MICROORGANISMS; SOIL microbiology; VOGEL, Timothy
- Publication
Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2009, Vol 7, Issue 10, p756
- ISSN
1740-1526
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1038/nrmicro2119-c2