A Communal Catalogue Reveals Earth’s Multiscale Microbial Diversity

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aut.relation.journalNatureen_NZ
aut.researcherLaverock, Bonnie
dc.contributor.authorThompson, LRen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorSanders, JGen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorMcDonald, Den_NZ
dc.contributor.authorAmnon, Aen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorLadau, Jen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorLocey, KJen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorPrill, RJen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-06T23:36:38Z
dc.date.available2017-11-06T23:36:38Z
dc.date.copyright2017en_NZ
dc.date.issued2017en_NZ
dc.description.abstractOur 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.
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/nature24621en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn0028-0836en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/10945
dc.publisherNature Publishing Groupen_NZ
dc.relation.urihttps://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature24621.html#author-information
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dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccessen_NZ
dc.titleA Communal Catalogue Reveals Earth’s Multiscale Microbial Diversityen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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