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… Nucleocytoviricota , these giant viruses boast larger genomes than many bacteria. Until recently, understanding of … culture-independent approaches to gain insight into the  genomes of giant viruses. In a new review, researchers from … Emiliania huxleyi, a microeukaryote, forms large algal blooms in the ocean that cycle environmental carbon and …

… microorganisms live in complex communities, like within soils or the gut, they are difficult to study individually. … National Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at … play a critical role in sequestering carbon and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, and understanding how to improve …

… will help solve energy and environmental challenges. In 2009, researchers at the JGI and the Bigelow Laboratory for … year, the JGI team reported the first closed and finished genome derived from an uncultured bacterial single cell – a symbiont of the green sharpshooter. In 2012, single cells isolated from the …

… This shorter episode is about a tiny, single-celled alga – Chlamydomonas … works on this alga, how researchers managed to sequence its genome, and what it has to teach us about other organisms – …

… results from single cells. The Science Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for … most species do not grow easily in the lab. To access the genomes of uncultured  microbes , scientists usually employ … together, they found most bacterial genomes from water and soil communities were at least 80% complete when studied …

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