Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: When looking into the current situation of microbial ecology, you would realize that the (meta) omics-driven studies associated with next generation sequencing technol-ogies make the headlines in related journals. Currently, isolation and characterization of as-yet-uncultured, but func-tionally important microorganisms is, at least to a certain extent, being replaced by omics-driven approach without cultivation to decipher their functions. To date, more than 100 microbes have been identified as “Candidatus”, that is a provisional status for “well-characterized but as-yet uncul-tured organisms ” (26). Together with this trend, numerous scientists still voice the importance of the cultivation and isolation of microorganisms. Indeed, the pace of proposals on novel species, genus and even higher levels has been incredibly accelerated: i.e., over the past decades, more than
Source: Microbes and Environments
Authors: Takashi Narihiro, Yoichi Kamagata
Language: English
Subfield: Ecology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1983859950