Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
2016
Journal or Book Title
The ISME Journal
First Page
1
Last Page
6
DOI
10.1038/ismej.2016.168
Abstract
Microbial populations in the soil are critical in our lives. The soil microbiome helps to grow our food, nourishing and protecting plants, while also providing important ecological services such as erosion protection, water filtration and climate regulation. We are increasingly aware of the tremendous microbial diversity that has a role in soil heath; yet, despite significant efforts to isolate microbes from the soil, we have accessed only a small fraction of its biodiversity. Even with novel cell isolation techniques,
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Copyright Owner
International Society for Microbial Ecology
Copyright Date
2017
Language
en
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application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Choi, Jinlyung; Yang, Fan; Stepanauskas, Ramunas; Cardenas, Erick; Garoutte, Aaron; Williams, Ryan; Flater, Jared; Tiedje, James M.; Hofmockel, Kirsten S.; and Gelder, Brian K., "Strategies to improve reference databases for soil microbiomes" (2016). Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Publications. 782.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/abe_eng_pubs/782
Comments
This article is available as an advance online publication at 10.1038/ismej.2016.168,