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Current Status and Potential Applications of Underexplored Prokaryotes

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MICROORGANISMS
Volume 7, Issue 10, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms7100468

Keywords

ex situ diffusion bioreactor; ichip; metagenome-assembled genome; rare microorganisms; shotgun metagenome sequencing; unculturable bacteria

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Funding

  1. FRGS grant [FRGS/1/2019/STG03/UTM/02/1]
  2. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia [09J62, 18H36, 16H89]
  3. BBSRC (UK)-Ministry of Education (Malaysia) Newton Ungku Omar Fund (UK-SEA-NUOF) [BB/P027717/1, 4B297]
  4. University of Malaya under Grant High Impact Research [GA001-2016, GA002-2016]
  5. Malaysia Genome Institute

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Thousands of prokaryotic genera have been published, but methodological bias in the study of prokaryotes is noted. Prokaryotes that are relatively easy to isolate have been well-studied from multiple aspects. Massive quantities of experimental findings and knowledge generated from the well-known prokaryotic strains are inundating scientific publications. However, researchers may neglect or pay little attention to the uncommon prokaryotes and hard-to-cultivate microorganisms. In this review, we provide a systematic update on the discovery of underexplored culturable and unculturable prokaryotes and discuss the insights accumulated from various research efforts. Examining these neglected prokaryotes may elucidate their novelties and functions and pave the way for their industrial applications. In addition, we hope that this review will prompt the scientific community to reconsider these untapped pragmatic resources.

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