Major New Microbial Groups Expand Diversity and Alter our Understanding of the Tree of Life.

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  2018

• Venue

  Cell

• Publication date

  2018-03-08

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2018.02.016PMID 29522741
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