Assessing species biomass contributions in microbial communities via metaproteomics
Convenient methods for assessing microbial community structure in terms of biomass are lacking. Here, the authors present a metaproteomics-based approach for assessing microbial community structure using protein abundance as a measure for biomass contributions of individual populations.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017-11-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01544-x |