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SUBMITTER: Lennon JT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7055056 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lennon Jay T JT Locey Kenneth J KJ
Biology direct 20200304 1
Until recently, our planet was thought to be home to ~ 10<sup>7</sup> species, largely belonging to plants and animals. Despite being the most abundant organisms on Earth, the contribution of microbial life to global biodiversity has been greatly underestimated and, in some cases, completely overlooked. Using a compilation of data known as the Global Prokaryotic Census (GPC), it was recently claimed that there are ~ 10<sup>6</sup> extant bacterial and archaeal taxa [1], an estimate that is order ...[more]