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Editorial
. 2023 Apr 20;19(4):e1010695.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010695. eCollection 2023 Apr.

Endless microbes most beautiful and most wonderful

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Editorial

Endless microbes most beautiful and most wonderful

Gregory S Barsh et al. PLoS Genet. .
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I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: All authors are members of the Editorial Board of PLOS Genetics.

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Fig 1
Fig 1. A collage of cover images from previous issues of PLOS Genetics showcasing the remarkable and beautiful diversity of the microbial world.
Top row: Aspergillus nidulans (Image credit: Özgür Bayram and Gerhard H. Braus); Bacillus subtilis (Image credit: Kazuo Kobayashi); beer brewed from yeast related to Saccharomyces eubayanus (Image credit: A. B. Hulfachor). Middle row: Streptococcus pneumoniae (Image credit: Aurore Fleurie); Candida tropicalis (Image credit: Han Du, Qiushi Zheng); Lactococcus lactis (Image credit: Pascal Le Bourgeois). Bottom row: Candida albicans (Image credit: Oliver Homann and Jeanselle Dea); Rhodococcus opacus (Image credit: Jason Holder, Leslie Gaffney, Lauren Solomon); Schizosaccharomyces pombe (Image credit: Helena Cantwell).

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