title: Sequenced strains must be saved from extinction.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eisen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stackebrandt
mesh_terms: D001105:Archaea / Q000235:genetics*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D018070:Biological Specimen Banks; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods; D020745:Genome, Archaeal; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA