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News Release 17-029
Researchers uncover clue about how tiny microbes self-mutate
Discovery expands the tree of life
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A seafloor hydrocarbon seep is one location where self-mutating microbes were previously found.
Credit: David Valentine
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Blair Paul samples a sediment core from the seafloor area where self-mutating organisms were found.
Credit: Blair Paul
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Geographic distribution of samples in which the new genetic abilities have been located.
Credit: Blair Paul
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Artistic rendering of DNA-encoded mutations.
Credit: Blair Paul
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An ultra-small cell of a bacterium that may be a relative of the self-mutating microbes.
Credit: Birgit Luef, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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