Microbial diversity mapped: 42% of bacteria lack genomic data, study finds

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Jan 18, 2025, 3:30 am93 ptsTrending
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Berkeley Laboratory, have published a study in Science Advances that evaluates the current state of microbial genomic biodiversity. Using publicly available genome sequence data…

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