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Prokaryotic functional gene diversity in the sunlit ocean: Stumbling in the dark.
Current opinion in microbiology - 1 Jun 2015
Ferrera Isabel, Sebastian Marta, Acinas Silvia G, Gasol Josep M
Abstract excerpt
Prokaryotes are extremely abundant in the ocean where they drive biogeochemical cycles. The recent development and application of -omics techniques has provided an astonishing amount of information revealing the existence of a vast diversity of functional genes and a large heterogeneity within each gene. The big challenge for microbial ecologists is now to understand the ecological relevance of this variability...
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