Projektnummer

0071455

Zusammenfassung

Microbes usually live together with other microbes in biodiverse communities. Investigating microbial communities also requires lab experiments. Unfortunately, most microbes cannot be cultivated in the lab, and accordingly, microbial communities studied in the lab represent only a tiny fraction of the natural biodiversity. This situation causes a massive gap between lab and nature and raises doubts about whether lab experiments on microbial communities are informative about natural communities at all. A significant reason why so many microbes do not grow under lab conditions is likely ...