Comment on "Computational Improvements Reveal Great Bacterial Diversity and High Metal Toxicity in Soil"

18 August 2006

journal article
editorial
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 313 (5789) , 918
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1126593

Abstract

Gans et al . (Reports, 26 August 2005, p. 1387) provided an estimate of soil bacterial species richness two orders of magnitude greater than previously reported values. Using a re-derived mathematical model, we reanalyzed the data and found that the statistical error exceeds the estimate by a factor of 26. We also note two potential sources of error in the experimental data collection and measurement procedures.

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