A communal catalogue reveals Earth's multiscale microbial diversity

• Published in: Nature
• Main Authors: Thompson, Luke R., Sanders, Jon G., McDonald, Daniel, Amir, Amnon, Ladau, Joshua, Locey, Kenneth J., Prill, Robert J., Tripathi, Anupriya, Gibbons, Sean M., Ackermann, Gail, Navas Molina, Jose A., Janssen, Stefan, Kopylova, Evguenia, Vázquez Baeza, Yoshiki, González, Antonio, Morton, James T., Mirarab, Siavash, Xu, Zhenjiang Zech, Jiang, Lingjing, Haroon, Mohamed F., Kanbar, Jad, Zhu, Qiyun, Song, Se Jin, Kosciolek, Tomasz, Bokulich, Nicholas A., Lefler, Joshua, Brislawn, Colin J., Humphrey, Gregory, Owens, Sarah M., Hampton Marcell, Jarrad, Berg Lyons, Donna, McKenzie, Valerie, Fierer, Noah, Fuhrman, Jed A., Clauset, Aaron, Stevens, Rick L., Shade, Ashley, Pollard, Katherine S., Goodwin, Kelly D., Jansson, Janet K., Gilbert, Jack A., Knight, Rob, Dionisi, Hebe Monica, Lozada, Mariana, Mac Cormack, Walter Patricio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; EARTH MICROBIOME PROJECT; AMPLICON SEQUENCING; Otras Ciencias Biológicas; Ciencias Biológicas; CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS; Argentina; Argentino; Baeza; Goodwin; Hampton; Luke; Molina; Morton; Pollard; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/65846

Our growing awareness of the microbial world's importance and diversity contrasts starkly with our limited understanding of its fundamental structure. Despite recent advances in DNA sequencing, a lack of standardized protocols and common analytical frameworks impedes comparisons among studies,...