Note – Jonathan Eisen invited Jack Gilbert to write a post about the Earth Microbiome Project especially in light of the recent paper on the topic by Gilbert et al. (see Eisen’s blog post about this paper here). Post by Jack Gilbert submitted by email to Jonathan Eisen. The Earth Microbiome Project started as …
If you have any interest in large scale microbial ecology – either to do it yourself or to make use of the results or to just watch it as it happens, you should read this paper: BMC Biology | Full text | The Earth Microbiome project: successes and aspirations. It outlines the history and goals and …
A cross – posting here. On my “Tree of Life” blog I have just written about the “Earth Microbiome Project” and its call for samples. This may be of interest to those working on the Microbiology of the Built Environment. For more information see: The Tree of Life: Wanted: Sample collections for the Earth Microbiome Project …