DNA of Soil Microbes (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

DNA of Soil Microbes

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Soil microbes produce many types of chemicals that could potentially be turned into antibiotics, drugs or industrial chemicals. UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab researchers have found a way to mine this treasure trove by sequencing all the DNA in the thousands of microbes in a soil sample, a technique called metagenomics.

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Zosia Rostomian image, Berkeley Lab.

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