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. 2006 Aug 18;313(5789):918; author reply 918.
doi: 10.1126/science.1121225.

Comment on "Computational improvements reveal great bacterial diversity and high metal toxicity in soil"

Igor Volkov  1 , Jayanth R Banavar, Amos Maritan
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Comment on "Computational improvements reveal great bacterial diversity and high metal toxicity in soil"

Igor Volkov et al. Science. .

Abstract

Based on analysis of the reassociation kinetics of bacterial DNA in soil, Gans et al. (Reports, 26 August 2005, p. 1387) claimed that millions of microbe species existed in 10 grams of pristine soil and that 99.9% of the diversity was lost as a result of toxic metals. We show that the data do not support these startling conclusions unambiguously.

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