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Is there anything else you need to understand about the microbiota that cannot be derived from analysis of nucleic acids?

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White, D.C. Is there anything else you need to understand about the microbiota that cannot be derived from analysis of nucleic acids?. Microb Ecol 28, 163–166 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00166805

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