These are the 20 most-studied bacteria — the majority have been ignored

2025/01/10 by Ewen Callaway · 1 voice
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research #Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies #Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

paper · doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00038-x

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Citations

• Ten species comprise half of the bacteriology literature, leaving most species unstudied

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• “These are the 20 most-studied bacteria — the majority have been ignored” “Model microbes such as Escherichia coli [as well as prevailing human pathogens] hog scientists’ attention, leaving most known [bsky, 2 points, 0 comments]