Endemic Genomes? Reason #1 to sequence the Deep Sea
Endemic Genomes? Reason #1 to sequence the Deep Sea avatar

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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In the oceans, aliens lie hidden and waiting
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By , on April 26th, 2012 Leave a comment   Microbes, Organisms, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , ,  

The real title of the paper is “Multiple self-splicing introns in the 16S rRNA genes of giant sulfur bacteria”. But who’s going to fall out of their chair for that? The truth is, we do have aliens peppered among us. Think about Men in Black: plenty of space creatures, but Homo sapiens remains completely oblivious. . . . → Read More: In the oceans, aliens lie hidden and waiting

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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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