Sentences with phrase «largest microbial genome»

A team of scientists announced that they have sequenced the genome of the common soil bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor — the largest microbial genome to date — unearthing both promising and surprising genomic features.

Not exact matches

For example, the large - scale sequencing program has already started to sequence the genomes of 100 microorganisms found in the human gut, and will build on this by using genomic sequencing to characterize the complex microbial communities found at many sites in and on the human body.

Paradoxically, they remain large unknown, hiding a wealth of genes and genomes that are key to understand the ecology and evolution of microbial...

With further improvements of the sequencing technology and increased throughput of the PromethION sequencer we aim to generate near - finished assemblies of large and repetitive plant genomes and cost - efficiently perform de novo sequencing of large collections of microbial pathogens and the microbial communities that surround our crops.