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Metatranscriptomics reveals the diversity of genes expressed by eukaryotes in forest soils.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Damon Coralie, Lehembre Frédéric, Oger-Desfeux Christine, Luis Patricia, Ranger Jacques, Fraissinet-Tachet Laurence, Marmeisse Roland
Abstract excerpt
Eukaryotic organisms play essential roles in the biology and fertility of soils. For example the micro and mesofauna contribute to the fragmentation and homogenization of plant organic matter, while its hydrolysis is primarily performed by the fungi. To get a global picture of the activities carried out by soil eukaryotes we sequenced 2×10,000 cDNAs synthesized from polyadenylated mRNA directly extracted from...
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