Percent of the different kinds of microbes that have been successfully cultured
| Range | <1 % |
|---|---|
| Organism | Microbes |
| Reference | Huse SM, Dethlefsen L, Huber JA, Mark Welch D, Relman DA, Sogin ML. Exploring microbial diversity and taxonomy using SSU rRNA hypervariable tag sequencing. PLoS Genet. 2008 Nov4(11):e1000255. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000255. p.2 left column top paragraphPubMed ID19023400 |
| Primary Source | Pace NR. A molecular view of microbial diversity and the biosphere. Science. 1997 May 2 276(5313):734-40.PubMed ID9115194 |
| Comments | "It is now evident that microbiologists have been successful in culturing fewer than one percent of the different kinds of single cell organisms from most microbial communities [primary source]." |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 109668 |