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… identify mobile genetic elements like plasmids and viruses. The Science Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are … from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in virtually all of … organisms (microbes) located in soils and water. MGEs like viruses and plasmids drive microbial processes and …

… helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are merely toolkits. To do anything, they must find … host the virus has adapted to commandeer. For bacteriophage viruses, these hosts are microbes like bacteria, not humans. … sequencing, researchers have found more of these viruses than ever before, in all kinds of ecosystems. …

… the JGI researchers behind software that finds plasmids and viruses within microbial genomes. As mobile genetic elements like viruses spread their DNA, they can affect how microbes cycle …

… then got funded to work for two years at the Max Planck for marine microbiology in Bremen, Germany. And I wanted to work …

… come from all kinds of disparate environments. There’s some marine. There’s some soil samples. There’s human gut …