On 2014 Mar 15, Jonathan Eisen commented:

Carl Zimmer wrote an article in the New York Times about this paper. See Scientists Start a Genomic Catalog of Earth’s Abundant Microbes

On 2014 Mar 13, Jonathan Eisen commented:

I am the senior author on this paper and I have written a detailed blog post describing some of the history behind the project and other details. See "Story Behind the Nature Paper on 'A phylogeny driven genomic encyclopedia of bacteria & archaea'"

On 2014 Mar 13, Jonathan Eisen commented:

I am the senior author on this paper and I have written a detailed blog post describing some of the history behind the project and other details. See "Story Behind the Nature Paper on 'A phylogeny driven genomic encyclopedia of bacteria & archaea'"

On 2014 Mar 15, Jonathan Eisen commented:

Carl Zimmer wrote an article in the New York Times about this paper. See Scientists Start a Genomic Catalog of Earth’s Abundant Microbes