Measuring the microbiome: perspectives on advances in DNA-based techniques for exploring microbial life.

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Published in Brief Bioinform on February 04, 2012

Authors

James A Foster1, John Bunge, Jack A Gilbert, Jason H Moore

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biological Sciences, Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3051, USA. foster@uidaho.edu

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