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Microbial Ecology [2011]

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Introduction
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Introduction
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Microbial Ecology: Beginnings and the Road Forward
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DNA Reassociation Yields Broad‐Scale Information on Metagenome Complexity and Microbial Diversity
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Viral Metagenomics
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Methods in Viral Metagenomics
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Diversity of 23S rRNA Genes within Individual Prokaryotic Genomes
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Metagenomic Contrasts of Viruses in Soil and Aquatic Environments
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Diversity of Microorganisms
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Use of the rRNA Operon and Genomic Repetitive Sequences for the Identification of Bacteria
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Biodiversity and Biogeography of Phages in Modern Stromatolites and Thrombolites
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Use of Different PCR Primer‐Based Strategies for Characterization of Natural Microbial Communities
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Assembly of Viral Metagenomes from Yellowstone Hot Springs Reveals Phylogenetic Relationships and Host Co‐Evolution
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Horizontal Gene Transfer and Recombination Shape Mesorhizobial Populations in the Gene Center of the Host Plants <fi>Astragalus Luteolus</fi> and <fi>Astragalus Ernestii</fi> in Sichuan, China
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Amplified rDNA Restriction Analysis (ARDRA) for Identification and Phylogenetic Placement of 16S‐rDNA Clones
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Complexity and Simplicity of Cell Systems
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Next‐Generation Sequencing and Metagenomic Analysis: A Universal Diagnostic Tool in Plant Pathology
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Clustering‐Based Peak Alignment Algorithm for Objective and Quantitative Analysis of DNA Fingerprinting Data
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Direct Metagenomic Detection of Viral Pathogens in Human Specimens Using an Unbiased High‐Throughput Sequencing Approach
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Population Genomics Informs Our Understanding of the Bacterial Species Concept
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Soil‐Based Metagenomics
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The Microbial Pangenome: Implications for Vaccine Development
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Metagenomic Insights into Bacterial Species
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Methods in Metagenomic DNA, RNA, and Protein Isolation from Soil
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Reports of Ad Hoc Committees for the Reevaluation of the Species Definition in Bacteriology
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The Microbial Habitat: An Ecological Perspective
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Metagenomic Approaches for the Identification of Microbial Species
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Soil Microbial DNA Purification Strategies for Multiple Metagenomic Applications
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Microbial Ecology in the Age of Metagenomics
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Application of PCR‐DGGE and MetagenomeWalking to Retrieve Full‐Length Functional Genes from Soil
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The Enduring Legacy of Small Subunit rRNA in Microbiology
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Actinobacterial Diversity Associated with Antarctic Dry Valley Mineral Soils
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Pitfalls of PCR‐Based rRNA Gene Sequence Analysis: An Update on Some Parameters
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The how of Microbial Ecology Studies
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Empirical Testing of 16S PCR Primer Pairs Reveals Variance in Target Specificity and Efficacy not Suggested by <fi>In Silico</fi> Analysis
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Targeting Major Soil‐Borne Bacterial Lineages Using Large‐Insert Metagenomic Approaches
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Novelty and Uniqueness Patterns of Rare Members of the Soil Biosphere
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The Impact of Next‐Generation Sequencing Technologies on Metagenomics
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Accuracy and Quality of Massively Parallel DNA Pyrosequencing
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Extensive Phylogenetic Analysis of a Soil Bacterial Community Illustrates Extreme Taxon Evenness and the Effects of Amplicon Length, Degree of Coverage, and DNA Fractionation on Classification and Ecological Parameters
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Environmental Shotgun Sequencing: Its Potential and Challenges for Studying the Hidden World of Microbes
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Microbe–Microbe Interactions
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A Comparison of Random Sequence Reads Versus 16S rDNA Sequences for Estimating the Biodiversity of a Metagenomic Sample
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The Antibiotic Resistome: Origins, Diversity, and Future Prospects
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Metagenomic Libraries for Functional Screening
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Functional Intestinal Metagenomics
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GC Fractionation Allows Comparative Total Microbial Community Analysis, Enhances Diversity Assessment, and Facilitates Detection of Minority Populations of Bacteria
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Interactions Between Microorganisms and Plants
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Assessment and Improvement of Methods for Microbial DNA Preparation from Fecal Samples
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Enriching Plant Microbiota for a Metagenomic Library Construction
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The Role of Dysbiosis in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
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Towards Automated Phylogenomic Inference
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Culture‐Independent Analysis of the Human Gut Microbiota and their Activities
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Integron First Gene Cassettes: A Target to Find Adaptive Genes in Metagenomes
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INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MICROORGANISMS AND ANIMALS
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Complete Genome of an Uncultured Endosymbiont Coupling Nitrogen Fixation to Cellulolysis within Protist Cells in Termite Gut
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High‐Resolution Metagenomics: Assessing Specific Functional Types in Complex Microbial Communities
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Cloning and Identification of Genes Encoding Acidic Cellulases from the Metagenomes of Buffalo Rumen
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Gene‐Targeted Metagenomics (GT Metagenomics) to Explore the Extensive Diversity of Genes of Interest in Microbial Communities
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Living Together: Microbial Communities
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Microbial Diversity in the Deep Sea and the Underexplored “Rare Biosphere”
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Phylogenetic Screening of Metagenomic Libraries Using Homing Endonuclease Restriction and Marker Insertion
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ArrayOme‐ and tRNAcc‐Facilitated Mobilome Discovery: Comparative Genomics Approaches for Identifying Rich Veins of Bacterial Novel DNA Sequences
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Bacterial Community Structure and Dynamics in a Seasonally Anoxic Fjord: Saanich Inlet, British Columbia
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Microbes at Work: Bioremediation
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Sequence‐Based Characterization of Microbiomes by Serial Analysis of Ribosomal Sequence Tags (SARST)
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Adaptation to Nutrient Availability in Marine Microorganisms by Gene Gain and Loss
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Microbial Processes Contributing to Biogeochemical Cycles
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The Metagenomics of Plant Pathogen‐Suppressive Soils
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Detection of Large Numbers of Novel Sequences in the Metatranscriptomes of Complex Marine Microbial Communities
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Metagenomic Approach Studying the Taxonomic and Functional Diversity of the Bacterial Community in a Lacustrine Ecosystem
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Soil Metagenomic Exploration of the Rare Biosphere
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Metagenomics of the Marine Subsurface: The First Glimpse from the Peru Margin, ODP Site 1229
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Microbes at Work in Nature: Biomineralization and Microbial Weathering
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The BIOSPAS Consortium: Soil Biology and Agricultural Production
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A Targeted Metagenomic Approach to Determine the “Population Genome” of Marine <fi>Synechococcus</fi>
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The Human Microbiome Project
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Diversity and Role of Bacterial Integron/Gene Cassette Metagenome in Extreme Marine Environments
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The Ribosomal Database Project: Sequences and Software for High‐Throughput rRNA Analysis
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The <fi>Olavius algarvensis</fi> Metagenome Revisited: Lessons Learned from the Analysis of the Low‐Diversity Microbial Consortium of a Gutless Marine Worm
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The Metagenomics RAST Server: A Public Resource for the Automatic Phylogenetic and Functional Analysis of Metagenomes
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Decomposition of Natural Compounds
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The EBI Metagenomics Archive, Integration and Analysis Resource
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Microbiome Diversity in Human Saliva
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Approaches to Understanding Population Level Functional Diversity in a Microbial Community
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Comparative Metagenome Analysis Using MEGAN
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Phylogenetic Binning of Metagenome Sequence Samples
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A Functional Metagenomic Approach for Discovering Nickel Resistance Genes from the Rhizosphere of an Acid Mine Drainage Environment
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Gene Prediction in Metagenomic Fragments with Orphelia: A Large‐Scale Machine Learning Approach
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The Microbiome of Leaf‐Cutter Ant Fungus Gardens
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Binning Metagenomic Sequences Using Seeded GSOM
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Iterative Read Mapping and Assembly Allows the Use of a More Distant Reference in Metagenome Assembly
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Diversity of Archaea in Terrestrial Hot Springs and Role in Ammonia Oxidation
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Ribosomal RNA Identification in Metagenomic and Metatranscriptomic Datasets
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SILVA: Comprehensive Databases for Quality Checked and Aligned Ribosomal RNA Sequence Data Compatible with ARB
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Colonization of Nascent, Deep‐Sea Hydrothermal Vents by a Novel Archaeal and Nanoarchaeal Assemblage
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Index
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ARB: A Software Environment for Sequence Data
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Analysis of the Metagenome from a Biogas‐Producing Microbial Community by Means of Bioinformatics Methods
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The Phyloware Project: A Software Framework for Phylogenomic Virtue
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