Multiple Choice
The term "metagenome" was coined by Jo Handelsman and colleagues in 1998 to refer to
A) shotgun cloning.
B) screening of libraries for expression of genes.
C) the DNA sequence obtained directly from a mixture of genomes.
D) the DNA sequence taken directly from a colony.
E) all uncultured organisms from a community.
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