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Microbial diversity in the era of omic technologies.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2013
Nikolaki Sofia, Tsiamis George
Abstract excerpt
Human life and activity depends on microorganisms, as they are responsible for providing basic elements of life. Although microbes have such a key role in sustaining basic functions for all living organisms, very little is known about their biology since only a small fraction (average 1%) can be cultured under laboratory conditions. This is even more evident when considering that >88% of all bacterial isolates...
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