Environmental microbiology: A small soil bacterium dominates
Nature Reviews Microbiology 14, 729 (2016).
doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2016.174
Author: Ursula Hofer
Verrucomicrobia is one of the most abundant, although least characterized, phyla in soil. Brewer et al. identified a new verrucomicrobial lineage, which they termed 'Candidatus Udaeobacter copiosus'. In the >1000 soil samples examined, this lineage was frequently one of the most abundant.
Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Ursula Hofer Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research
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