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A vision for a ‘microbcentric’ future
Microbes are the most abundant lifeforms on the planet and perform functions critical for all other life to exist. Environmental ‘omic’ technologies provide the capacity to discover the ‘what, how and why’ of indigenous species. However, in order to accurately interpret this data, sound conceptual f...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6302731/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29611318 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13262 |
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author | Cavicchioli, Ricardo |
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description | Microbes are the most abundant lifeforms on the planet and perform functions critical for all other life to exist. Environmental ‘omic’ technologies provide the capacity to discover the ‘what, how and why’ of indigenous species. However, in order to accurately interpret this data, sound conceptual frameworks are required. Here I argue that our understanding of microbes will advance much more effectively if we adopt a microbcentric, and not anthropocentric view of the world. [Image: see text] |
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spelling | pubmed-63027312018-12-31 A vision for a ‘microbcentric’ future Cavicchioli, Ricardo Microb Biotechnol Crystal Ball Microbes are the most abundant lifeforms on the planet and perform functions critical for all other life to exist. Environmental ‘omic’ technologies provide the capacity to discover the ‘what, how and why’ of indigenous species. However, in order to accurately interpret this data, sound conceptual frameworks are required. Here I argue that our understanding of microbes will advance much more effectively if we adopt a microbcentric, and not anthropocentric view of the world. [Image: see text] John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-04-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6302731/ /pubmed/29611318 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13262 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Microbial Biotechnology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd and Society for Applied Microbiology. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Crystal Ball Cavicchioli, Ricardo A vision for a ‘microbcentric’ future |
title | A vision for a ‘microbcentric’ future |
title_full | A vision for a ‘microbcentric’ future |
title_fullStr | A vision for a ‘microbcentric’ future |
title_full_unstemmed | A vision for a ‘microbcentric’ future |
title_short | A vision for a ‘microbcentric’ future |
title_sort | vision for a ‘microbcentric’ future |
topic | Crystal Ball |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6302731/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29611318 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13262 |
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