Environmental genomics: exploring ecological sequence space.
The ability to extract and characterize genomic DNA fragments from mixed microbial assemblages is providing novel insights into the ecology, evolution, and metabolism of uncultured microorganisms in nature.
Morris
Robert M
RM
Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA. rm352@cornell.edu
D044822:Biodiversity; D004463:Ecology / Q000379:methods*; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D014871:Water Microbiology