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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.](/news/mmg/media/images/seep_seafloor_f.jpg)
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.](/news/mmg/media/images/bgp_core_f.jpg)
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.](/news/mmg/media/images/biogeography_map_f.jpg)
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.](/news/mmg/media/images/mutated_code_f.jpg)
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.](/news/mmg/media/images/CPR_cell_f.jpg)
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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