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Review
. 1996 Sep 1;6(9):1060-3.
doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(02)70664-7.

Whither microbiology? Phylogenetic trees

C R Woese  1
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Review

Whither microbiology? Phylogenetic trees

C R Woese. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

The direct cloning and sequencing of genes from uncultured microorganisms in a hot spring suggests that the diversity of life on Earth may be far in excess of that estimated from culturable species.

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