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… helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are merely toolkits. To do anything, they must find … With metagenomic sequencing, researchers have found more of these viruses than ever before, in all kinds of ecosystems. However, matching these viral genetic sequences to their hosts is crucial to …

The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet … to find that while archaeal hitchhikers may often act as parasites, in other cases, they likely help their hosts. The … However, no microbe works alone. Archaea, bacteria, and viruses all operate in concert to form the foundation of …

… user engagement. The Science In addition to the core set of "primary metabolites"—chemical compounds shared by most … it is the largest repository of BGC sequence data from over 1.3 million publicly available bacterial and archaeal … capability to store and accurately display eukaryotic and viral BGC sequences. Expansion of the SMC to include fungal, …