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A toolkit for microbial community editing

Nature Reviews Microbiology volume 20, page 383 (2022)Cite this article

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This month’s Genome Watch highlights recently reported methods that enable genome editing of microorganisms within phylogenetically diverse communities.

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  1. DOE Joint Genome Institute and Division of Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Susannah G. Tringe

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Tringe, S.G. A toolkit for microbial community editing. Nat Rev Microbiol 20, 383 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-022-00747-4

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