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Nature Biotechnology 25, 540 - 542 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nbt0507-540

Metagenomic sorcery and the expanding protein universe

Eugene V Koonin1

  1. Eugene V. Koonin is at the National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20894, USA. e-mail: koonin@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov


A metagenomic study of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans reveals dominant bacterial species, remarkable microdiversity and a wealth of new proteins.

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