Environmental Shotgun Sequencing: Its Potential and Challenges for Studying the Hidden World of Microbes

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13 March 2007

journal article
essay
Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Biology

Vol. 5 (3) , e82
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050082

Abstract

Environmental shotgun sequencing promises to reveal novel and fundamental insights into the hidden world of microbes, but the complexity of analysis required to realize this potential poses unique interdisciplinary challenges.

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