Effective soil extraction method for cultivating previously uncultured soil bacteria
T. Manh Nguyen, C. Seo, M. Ji, M.-J. Paik, S.-W. Myung, J. Kim
The paper introduces a new soil extract medium (ISEM) that isolates previously uncultured bacteria, with 49% of isolates being previously uncultured and 55% representing new taxonomic candidates.
bioRxiv · May 15, 2018Microbiology