Little-known marine decomposers attract the attention of genome sequencers

Monday, June 29, 2009 - 11:49 in Biology & Nature

STONY BROOK, N.Y., June 29, 2009 -- The Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute (JGI) announced today that they will sequence the genomes of four species of labyrinthulomycetes. These little-known marine species were selected for sequencing as the result of a proposal submitted to the competitive JGI Community Sequencing Program by a team of microbiologists led by Dr.

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