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A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity

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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 et al.
(2017) A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity. Nature . doi:10.1038/nature24621

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature24621

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Abstract

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, hindering the development of global inferences about microbial life on Earth. Here we present a meta-analysis of microbial community samples collected by hundreds of researchers for the Earth Microbiome Project. Coordinated protocols and new analytical methods, particularly the use of exact sequences instead of clustered operational taxonomic units, enable bacterial and archaeal ribosomal RNA gene sequences to be followed across multiple studies and allow us to explore patterns of diversity at an unprecedented scale. The result is both a reference database giving global context to DNA sequence data and a framework for incorporating data from future studies, fostering increasingly complete characterization of Earth’s microbial diversity.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Life Sciences (2010- )
Journal or Publication Title: Nature
Publisher: Nature Publishing
ISSN: 0028-0836
Official Date: 1 November 2017
Dates:
DateEvent
1 November 2017Available
10 October 2017Accepted
Date of first compliant deposit: 18 October 2018
DOI: 10.1038/nature24621
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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