Culture-dependent and culture-independent diversity surveys target different bacteria: a case study in a freshwater sample

Compared with culture-independent approaches, traditionally used culture-dependent methods have a limited capacity to characterize water microbiota. Nevertheless, for almost a century the latter have been optimized to detect and quantify relevant bacteria. A pertinent question is if culture-independ...

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Main Author: Ivone Vaz Moreira (author)
Other Authors: Conceição Egas (author), Olga C. Nunes (author), Célia M. Manaia (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/102660
Country:Portugal
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