title: The importance of individuals and scale: moving towards single cell microbiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Les
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dethlefsen
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Relman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D008829:Microbiology / Q000639:trends*