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Towards a systematic understanding of differences between archaeal and bacterial diversity
Author(s) -
Spang Anja,
Offre Pierre
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
environmental microbiology reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.229
H-Index - 69
ISSN - 1758-2229
DOI - 10.1111/1758-2229.12701
Subject(s) - archaea , biodiversity , diversity (politics) , biology , bacteria , three domain system , evolutionary biology , ecology , computational biology , genetics , political science , law
Summary In this crystal ball, we discuss emerging methodologies that can help reaching a synthesis on the biodiversity of Archaea and Bacteria and thereby inform a central enigma in microbiology, i.e. the fundamental split between these primary domains of life and the apparent lower diversity of the Archaea.