Endemic Genomes? Reason #1 to sequence the Deep Sea
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By , on April 4th, 2013 Leave a comment   Genetics, Habitats, New Research, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , , , , ,  

Something to think about: the recent Gibbons et al. (2013) PNAS paper found that *one* site in the English Channel showed a 31.7-66.2% overlap in microbial communities when compared to any one of 356 datasets collected as part of the International Census of Marine Microbes (ICoMM). That’s a ridiculous overlap! As the paper title suggests, . . . → Read More: Endemic Genomes? Reason #1 to sequence the Deep Sea

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A Scientific Feast of Ocean Microbiology – notes from the #asm2012 conference in San Francisco
A Scientific Feast of Ocean Microbiology – notes from the #asm2012 conference in San Francisco avatar

By , on June 23rd, 2012 Leave a comment   Conferences, Microbes, New Research, Organisms   , , , , , , ,  

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Predicting Microbial Communities in the Deep-sea
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By , on May 14th, 2011 One comment   Microbes, New Research, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , , , ,  

I recently reported on the awesomeness of high-throughput sequencing technologies, and commented on their huge potential for transforming the way biologists do business. (Seriously, people, its going to be like the renaissance of 21st century science – you heard it here first!) As a follow up to my previous post, I wanted to highlight this . . . → Read More: Predicting Microbial Communities in the Deep-sea

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