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Counting the Uncountable: Statistical Approaches to Estimating Microbial Diversity

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Hughes, Jennifer B., Hellmann, Jessica J., Ricketts, Taylor H., Bohannan, Brendan J. M.·2001·Applied and Environmental Microbiology
DOI 10.1128/aem.67.10.4399-4406.2001
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All biologists who sample natural communities are plagued with the problem of how well a sample reflects a community's “true” diversity. New genetic techniques have revealed extensive microbial diversity that was previously undetected with culture-dependent methods and morphological

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Authors
Hughes, J. B., Hellmann, J. J., Ricketts, T. H., & Bohannan, B. J. M.
Venue
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Published
2001-10
Volume
67
Issue
10
Pages
4399-4406
ISSN
  • 0099-2240 (ISSN-L)
  • 1098-5336
DOI
10.1128/aem.67.10.4399-4406.2001
OpenAlex
W2107974372
Cited by
1,296
References
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FWCI
37.50
Type
journal article
Language
en
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green
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journals.asm.org/non-commercial-tdm-license (tdm)

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Hughes, J. B., Hellmann, J. J., Ricketts, T. H., & Bohannan, B. J. M. (2001). Counting the Uncountable: Statistical Approaches to Estimating Microbial Diversity. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.67.10.4399-4406.2001

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