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… a team has comprehensively described host-virus dynamics in a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, … National Laboratory, used single-cell sequencing to sequence both a cell’s genome and detect accompanying viral … the virus in 34 hosts or 26 percent of the single cells. Metagenomics sequencing then allowed the team to ask, for …

… complexity At first glance, the slightly murky waters in the tube look like a scoop of stormwater, complete with leaves, debris, and even lighter threads in the mix. But in the Petri dish, the thin vermicelli-like … the bacterial cells on the molecular level. They amplified, sequenced and assembled the genomes. In parallel, Gros’ lab …

… Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, … the world. Most of those researchers send their samples in from afar, without ever hearing much about the sequencing lab. So today, Chris Daum …

… Global chocolate brands can’t exist without cocoa According to the  International Cocoa Organization (ICCO), global … to climate change and devastating fungal infections. That’s why Mars, Inc., a maker of chocolate for more than 100 years … through the Cacao Genome Database project. The genome sequence was assembled by the plant team at the  HudsonAlpha …