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Comment
. 2021 Aug 13;19(8):e3001362.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001362. eCollection 2021 Aug.

Response to "Vast (but avoidable) underestimation of global biodiversity"

Stilianos Louca  1   2 , Florent Mazel  3   4 , Michael Doebeli  3   5   6 , Laura Wegener Parfrey  3   4   5
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Comment

Response to "Vast (but avoidable) underestimation of global biodiversity"

Stilianos Louca et al. PLoS Biol. .

Abstract

This Formal Comment provides clarifications on the authors' recent estimates of global bacterial diversity and the current status of the field, and responds to a Formal Comment from John Wiens regarding their prior work.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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