A census-based estimate of Earth's bacterial and archaeal diversity
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- PLoS Biology
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science
- Publication Date
- Aug 13, 2021
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 8
- Identifiers
- DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001362
- PMID: 34388158
- PMCID: PMC8362970
- Source
- PubMed Central
- Disciplines
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
This Formal Comment provides clarifications on the authors’ recent estimates of global bacterial diversity and the current status of the field, and responds to a Formal Comment from John Wiens regarding their prior work.
