This month’s Genome Watch highlights recently reported methods that enable genome editing of microorganisms within phylogenetically diverse communities.
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Tringe, S.G. A toolkit for microbial community editing. Nat Rev Microbiol 20, 383 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-022-00747-4
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