Jensen Paul A
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
bioRxiv. 2025 Jan 4:2025.01.04.631297. doi: 10.1101/2025.01.04.631297.
Microbiology research has historically focused on a few species of model organisms. Our bibliographic analysis finds extreme bias in the distribution of bacteriology research across species, with half of all papers referencing only ten species and 74% of all known species remaining unstudied. Microbiologists will need to broaden their perspective and embrace complexity to develop a complete understanding of the microbial world.
微生物学研究历来集中于少数几种模式生物。我们的文献分析发现，细菌学研究在物种分布上存在极端偏差，所有论文中有一半仅引用了10个物种，而所有已知物种中有74%仍未得到研究。微生物学家需要拓宽视野，接受复杂性，以便全面了解微生物世界。
