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First ever one-day island-wide soil microbiome study completed on Crete

Researchers from The University of Maryland School of Medicine among the scientists to make surprising findings on the record-setting day

Peer-Reviewed Publication

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Soil Sampling on Crete

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Lynn Schriml, PhD, a scientist with the Institute for Genome Sciences in Baltimore samples soil on Crete during the first-ever island-wide, same-day soil collection.

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Credit: Institute for Genome Sciences

Journal

Environmental Microbiome

DOI

10.1186/s40793-025-00752-z

Method of Research

Experimental study

Subject of Research

Not applicable

Article Title

First island-wide, single-day soil collection study on Crete reveals environmental drivers of microbial diversity

Article Publication Date

25-Jul-2025

COI Statement

Lynn M. Schriml and Ilias Lagkouvardos are Associate Editors on Environmental Microbiome.

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