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… switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) has long been a tantalizing potential biofuel feedstock. But switchgrass has a complex genome and, as a species, encompasses dizzying diversity. So, a team of scientists made an ambitious plan …

… DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … a new culture of a new bacteria that you pulled from the soil, maybe it’s, you know, we talked about sponges, go pull … to be here and be able to discuss this incredible, natural diversity that we have at our fingertips. So I’m very …

… are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant viruses. Virophages … Virus)—for the virophage marker gene MCP, they were able to identify 44,221 total virophage partial sequences, … the team concluded, “we provide a global analysis of the diversity, distribution, and evolution of virophages.” Lead …