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Tag: DNA sequencing

Feeling peckish? A diet assessment of a Hawaiian shearwater
Trophic Ecology

Feeling peckish? A diet assessment of a Hawaiian shearwater

Evaluating diet from digested stomach content is difficult and can be inconclusive. That’s why scientists from Hawaii DNA sequenced it…
January 6, 2022July 29, 2022 Gabrielle Stedman
Sea Ice Diversifies Antarctic Phytoplankton
Microbiology

Sea Ice Diversifies Antarctic Phytoplankton

A new study finds that communities of phytoplankton become less diverse and export less carbon as sea ice melts.
November 8, 2021 Amanda Semler
Antarctic Sea Ice Feeds Microbes with a Surprising Ability
Microbiology

Antarctic Sea Ice Feeds Microbes with a Surprising Ability

By sampling seawater around Antarctica, a Japanese research team has discovered microorganisms that can transform nitrogen gas into more biologically…
December 10, 2020December 9, 2020 Amanda Semler
The answer to starvation? Diversity
Microbiology

The answer to starvation? Diversity

Photosynthetic microorganisms can't go it alone, so they succeed by playing host to a diverse array of microbial partners
August 30, 2017August 28, 2017 Michael Graw
The ocean’s tiny, mysterious majority
Microbiology

The ocean’s tiny, mysterious majority

The earth has more viruses than the universe has stars - but we know far less about our tiny majority…
July 26, 2017 Michael Graw

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