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Genomics: Blueprints for partnerships

David A. Stahl1 & Seana K. Davidson1

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Gutless marine worms harness the resources of a team of bacteria in lieu of a digestive or excretory system. A genome-sequence analysis now defines the roles of the microbes.

Earth was a planet of microbes long before multicellular life appeared and diversified. The evolution of all plants, animals and fungi has thus been profoundly influenced by microorganisms.

  1. David A. Stahl and Seana K. Davidson are in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, More Hall, Box 352700, Seattle, Washington 98195-2700, USA.
    Email: dastahl@u.washington.edu;Email: skdavid@u.washington.edu

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