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TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 16, Issue 2, Pages 41-43Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2007.11.003
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Metagenome sequencing presents an exciting new tool for assessing microbial diversity in complex, natural communities that cannot be cultured in the laboratory. Using metagenomics as a starting point, Bryant et al. (2007) have discovered a new thermophilic phototroph from a poorly characterized bacterial phylum with no previously known photosynthetic members, extending the range of photosynthesis into a new branch on the tree of life. This new organism, Candidatus Chloracidobacterium thermophilum, encompasses a melange of traits distinct from known phototrophs.
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