Identifying microbial diversity in the natural environment: a molecular phylogenetic approach.

doi:10.1016/0167-7799(96)10025-1

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Identifying microbial diversity in the natural environment: a molecular phylogenetic approach.

Trends in biotechnology - 1 Jun 1996

Hugenholtz P, Pace N R

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Our knowledge of microbial biodiversity has been severely limited by relying on microorganisms that have been cultured; these represent only a tiny fraction of the microbial diversity in the environment. Recently, however, recombinant DNA and molecular phylogenetic techniques have provided method...

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Biotechnology
Environmental Microbiology
Genetic Variation
Molecular Biology
Phylogeny

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