Sargasso Sea Sample (IMAGE)

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Sargasso Sea Sample

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Senior Research Scientist Ramunas Stepanauskas holds a sample of Sargasso Sea water before analysis in Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences' Single Cell Genomics Center. A new publication in Cell reports a staggering degree of microbial diversity and reveals novel insights into the ecology, evolution and biotechnology potential of the global microbiome.

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Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

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