Nucleotide database can improve microbe identification for science and medicine

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Apr 10, 2025, 2:24 pm106 pts
Imagine creating a comprehensive, searchable index for a library containing hundreds of millions of books—a task that would take a single person a lifetime to complete. Now imagine discovering that many of these books contain mislabeled pages or paragraphs written by different authors than those credited.

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