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Genetics Habitats New Research Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

Endemic Genomes? Reason #1 to sequence the Deep Sea

Holly Bik April 4, 2013 16S archaea Bacteria endemic genomes genomics high-throughput sequencing Illumina Microbes rRNA

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…

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Conferences Microbes New Research Organisms

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

Holly Bik June 23, 2012 archaea Bacteria Drinking eukaryotes Microbes microbiology ocean viruses

[View the story “#asm2012 – A Scientific Feast of Ocean Microbiology!” on Storify]

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Microbes New Research Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

Predicting Microbial Communities in the Deep-sea

Holly Bik May 14, 2011 16S archaea Bacteria DNA high-throughput sequencing hydrotermal vent Lost City Microbes rRNA

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,…

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