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Nature Biotechnology 26, 1029–1034 (1 September 2008) | doi:10.1038/nbt.1488
High-resolution metagenomics targets specific functional types in complex microbial communities
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Abstract
Most microbes in the biosphere remain unculturable. Whole genome shotgun (WGS) sequencing of environmental DNA (metagenomics) can be used to study the genetic and metabolic properties of natural microbial communities.
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