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🇨🇦 Marc Strous

@marcstrous.bsky.social
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Canada Research Chair in Geomicrobiology. Fascinations include alkaline soda lakes and ancient groundwater.

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Bas E. Dutilh @bedutilh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Are you into sequence graphs and looking for a PhD position in viral ecology? Join the VEO Group in beautiful Jena, Germany! 👇👇 jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/a...
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Doctoral Researcher in Bioinformatics: Quantifying quasispecies: Tool development and applications
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Simonetta Gribaldo @sgribaldo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Interested in #archaea, #methane, #cell-envelopes? New paper out @nature.com ! We discovered an enzyme that specifically cleaves the cell wall of methanogens, revealing a new chemical structure of archaeal peptidoglycan, 50 yrs after its first description www.nature.com/articles/s41... #MicroSky 🧵👇
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Nichole Broderick, PhD @nabroderick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Society journals support the scientific community, including advocacy for funding and science policies. $ to for profit journals just ends up in another shareholders yacht.
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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Alternative genetic codes in bacteria and archaea identified with a fast k-mer–based algorithm www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... #jcampubs
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Improved ancestral genome reconstruction using a learned gene-content grammar www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #jcampubs
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Bas E. Dutilh @bedutilh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Join us and be part of the VirusREvolution! Study the link between the environment and phage host range in soil and groundwater systems 👇👇
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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The 100 Diatom Genomes Project journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... #jcampubs
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The 100 Diatom Genomes Project
This Community Page presents the 100 Diatom Genomes Project, which aims to sequence the genomes and transcriptomes of 100 diatom species across major lineages, life forms and ecological strategies. Th...
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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Structural basis for catalytic and inhibitory divergence between archaeal and bacterial ammonia monooxygenases www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #jcampubs
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Arvind Ravikumar @arvindpawan1.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A geologist and a systems engineer walk in to a bar... ...and start arguing about whether we can actually pump enough CO2 underground to hit net zero. That's more or less how this paper got started with @hdaigle.bsky.social. Read on to find more: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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Can we sequester carbon fast enough? growing disconnect between models and reality
Can we sequester carbon fast enough? growing disconnect between models and reality, Daigle, Hugh, Ravikumar, Arvind P
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Mike Jetten @msmjetten.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Great goodbye present: Special Issue of Environmental Microbiology on #Methane & #Nitrogen cycling edited by @cuwelte.bsky.social& @marcstrous.bsky.social enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...
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ASM @asm.org · 31/07/2026
Synthetic biology is advancing how scientists study early microbial life. Their findings could revolutionize how we think about Earth’s earliest residents—and those that exist today. asm.org/articles/202...
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Synthetic Biology Sheds Light on Microbial Evolution | ASM.org
Synthetic biology is advancing how scientists study early microbial life. Their findings could revolutionize how we think about Earth’s earliest residents—and those that exist today.
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Debnath Ghosal @debnathghosal.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
New paper alert!! We just discovered a new filament system that is widespread exclusively within CPR bacteria! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6.... Short thread below. 🦠🔬🚀
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A Novel Pilus System in Candidate Phyla Radiation Bacteria
The Candidate Phyla Radiation (CPR) represents a bacterial superphylum estimated to include between 15–50% of all bacterial species, yet CPR bacteria remain challenging to culture and have been primar...
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Emil Ruff @emilruff.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
This years ISSM is in Vienna from Aug 30 - Sept 4, the early bird deadline is 15 June. As a premier conference in subsurface microbiology, the ISSM features exciting sessions and excellent keynote speakers. Spread the word, see you there. issm2026.univie.ac.at #deeplife #microbiome #subsurface
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issm conference 2026 vienna 12th issm conference
12th ISSM COnference Vienna: Subsurface microbiology plays a critical role in shaping Earth's ecosystems, driving biogeochemical processes, and addressing critical environmental challenges. ISSM provi...
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Maliheh Mehrshad @mehrshmali.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
🔬 We have an open PhD position at SLU Uppsala! We're looking for a curious & driven PhD student to join the #ECOPHARM project funded by @kawresearch.bsky.social and investigate plasmid-dependent phages in aquatic ecosystems. Pls share with anyone who might be interested! www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
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Diversity of Plasmid-Dependent Phages in Aquatic Ecosystems | slu.se
SLU - Science and Education for Sustainable Life
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🇨🇦 Marc Strous @marcstrous.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I guess as scientists we should all create more content for these channels... maybe an objective for my next sabatical... www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The future of science communication is not an article like this
Researchers and science publishers need to seize the opportunity offered by the drastic shifts in the way news is produced — one reason Nature has joined TikTok.
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Mike Jetten @msmjetten.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Tack så mycket for a fantastic goodbye symposium, lecture & party with a large number of past & present PhD & post doc honoring with their present. A memory to be cherished 4ever 🥰 & best #microbiology department at @ribesresearch.bsky.social ever! @cuwelte.bsky.social @marcstrous.bsky.social et al
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Mike Jetten @msmjetten.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Thank you for A very special Goodbye gift by @cuwelte.bsky.social & @marcstrous.bsky.social et al: A special issue of my favorite #environmental #microbiology journal. Microbial #Methane & #Nitrogen cycling under the loupe enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1462...
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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
COMMBAT: a web platform for exploring expression control of biosynthetic gene clusters @narjournal.bsky.social from @sebarigali.bsky.social With @gillesvanwezel.bsky.social @marnixmedema.bsky.social academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
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COMMBAT: a web platform for exploring expression control of biosynthetic gene clusters
Abstract. Bacterial genomes contain thousands of biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) responsible for the production of structurally diverse natural products
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Mart Krupovic @mkrupovic.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
With Eugene Koonin, we wrote a rather comprehensive review on the origin, evolution and organization of the #virosphere. We describe all 10 viral realms and the logic behind them, and so much more. Check it out! comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/biologies/ar...
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Martin Polz @polzlab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Very excited to share our new paper out in Nature. Congrats to Xiaoqian (Annie) Yu and all the coauthors. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Genome-wide sweeps create ecological units in the human gut microbiome - Nature
Genome-wide selective sweeps commonly occur in the human gut microbiome and can spread across the world within decades to produce epidemic-like population structures.
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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Accessible Gibbs energy at metabolic activation limits long-term cell growth www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #jcampubs
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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The heterogeneous selection landscape of genome evolution in prokaryotes www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #jcampubs
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The heterogeneous selection landscape of genome evolution in prokaryotes | PNAS
Evolution of prokaryote genomes appears to be defined by the interplay of selection for genome streamlining, deletion bias, and selection for funct...
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Kristina Jonas @krijonas.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
We’re hiring! 🇸🇪🔬
 Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Prokaryotic Microbiology (molecular focus) at Stockholm University. Supportive environment + strong molecular research 👉https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:921526/type:job/where:125/apply:1 Please share!!
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Biträdande lektor i prokaryot mikrobiologi med inriktning mot molekylära processer
Institutionen för molekylär biovetenskap, Wenner-Grens institut (MBW) bedriver experimentell grundforskning inom molekylär cellbiologi, integrativ biologi och infektions- och immunbiologi. Forsknin
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The nine-to-five PhD: mere myth or an achievable goal?
Can you squeeze your graduate programme into a 40-hour working week? These 13 current and former PhD candidates reveal their top time-management tips.
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Megan Sorensen @messorensen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Interested in working on the evolution of photosynthetic endosymbioses? Come join us! I have 2 open positions in my new group @cemess.bsky.social in Vienna 3yr postdoc info: tinyurl.com/4emkjpn4 4yr PhD info: tinyurl.com/mtxmsjpy Apply by 1st June! Please share/repost #Protists #Symbiosis #PhD
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Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
8 more days left to apply for this 3-year postdoc position. Please repost! The position offers a lot of freedom to test new ideas about how archaea and bacteria communicate & sense the extracellular environment.
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Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Yet another functional group that is not as restricted as we thought for 25 years. This is an important reminder that microbes are metabolically more diverse than we give them credit and yet another reminder that 16S rRNA surveys are ignorant about metabolism. Just bc you detect some ANME =/= AOM.
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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I just published Don’t Perish! A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Scientific Paper (2026 edition) Great science deserves to be read—not buried under unclear writing. This is the updated 2026 edition of your favorite guide to writing scientific papers. medium.com/p/dont-peris...
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Don’t Perish! A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Scientific Paper (2026 edition)
Great science deserves to be read — not buried under unclear writing. This is the updated 2026 edition of your favorite guide to writing…
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Alex Crits-Christoph @acritschristoph.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
An Asgard archaeon from a modern analog of ancient microbial mats (Current Biology) Beautiful microscopy of an Asgard archaeon, in the same family as Lokiarchaea, in syntrophy with a sulfate-reducing bacteria Very very nice paper we saw in preprint form: www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Ella Sieradzki @sieravirus.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Deadline is April 20th! Let’s get those viruses
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Moran et al. in Science Emergent predictability in microbial ecosystems www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Emergent predictability in microbial ecosystems
A long-standing hypothesis of microbial ecology is that simple patterns might persist despite community complexity or even emerge because of it. However, the concept of “emergent simplicity” remains partly intuitive. Here, we defined emergent ...
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
12.7 million battery electric vehicles were sold globally in 2025. In 2010, the number was barely 10,000. In China, 1 in 2 new cars sold last year was electric. The transition is happening faster than almost anyone predicted.
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Ella Sieradzki @sieravirus.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I'm hiring my first postdoc! Apply by 20/4/26, position #20443. Seeking an environmental microbiologist with experience in metagenomics (preferably viromics) and molecular biology. Experience with targeted metabolomics is a plus. international.au.dk/about/profil...
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Postdoc in Soil viral ecology - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Agroecology - Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Aarhus University
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Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Again looking for (self)nominations of/by grad students and postdocs to give virtual talks (via zoom) in the fall seminar series of MSU's Thermal Biology Institute. Does >not< need to be on thermophiles. Email me!
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Manuel Kleiner @manuelkleiner.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
We evaluated quantification methods for #metaproteomics and found that area under the curve quantification (AUC) outperforms spectral counting. Importantly, using match between runs for AUC quantification results in lots of false detections and should not be used www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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🇨🇦 Marc Strous @marcstrous.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Hard to focus on my science with all the bad things happening in the world
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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Genomic and evolutionary factors influencing the prediction accuracy of optimal growth temperature in prokaryotes journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.... #jcampubs
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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
New genetic codes in bacteria and archaea identified with a fast k-mer based algorithm www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #jcampubs
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Emil Ruff @emilruff.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Job Alert!!! - We are hiring a Postdoc for the NASA ICAR OxyMoRon program Join my lab at Marine Biological Laboratory and an international team of geomicrobiologists and geochemists. Details here, please share widely: recruiting.ultipro.com/MAR1033MBL/J... @mblscience.bsky.social #darkoxygen ⚒️🧪
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Beate Kraft @beatekraft.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
📣We have 5 PhD positions in hadal biogeochemistry and microbial ecology at the Danish Center for Hadal Research: lnkd.in/eJ6rp_Rk. 📣 Deadline: 4 May 2026 Please share widely! fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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PhD positions in hadal biogeochemistry & microbial ecology
Application deadline: 4 May 2026 at 23:59 hours local Danish time
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Mike Jetten @msmjetten.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Structural and functional study suggests DnfC is a putative glutamine amidotransferase in the dirammox pathway #heterotrophic #Nitrification www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Structural and functional study suggests DnfC is a putative glutamine amidotransferase in the dirammox pathway
Microbial ammonia oxidation is essential for biogeochemical nitrogen cycling and wastewater treatment. Besides the well-studied nitrification and anae…
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Courtney Stairs @cstairs.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
We tested the efficacy of semi-permeable capsules to capture protists from cultures and environmental samples using the Onyx from @atrandi.bsky.social. Tremendous effort from everyone in the lab and led by Marco Fantini and Nik Brask - check out the videos here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Phil Ewels @ewels.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Super excited to be launching two things today: #RustQC 🦀🧬 and rewrites.bio 🚀 I used AI to rewrite 15 RNA-seq QC tools into a single Rust binary (I've never written any Rust). It ended up being over 60x faster. Here's the story 🧵 seqeralabs.github.io/RustQC/
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Welcome to RustQC
Fast quality control tools for sequencing data, written in Rust.
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🇨🇦 Marc Strous @marcstrous.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Should have posted this yesterday. Art and Idea by Marike, my love, who is not on Bsky.
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harvardoeb.bsky.social @harvardoeb.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
An exciting new study in PNAS led by postdoc Andrea Unzueta Martinez and Prof. @pgirguis.bsky.social lab shows that oysters coordinate with microbes living inside of them to build their hard shells! A game changer for understanding ocean resilience as waters become more acidic from #climatechange
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Manuel Kleiner @manuelkleiner.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I thought it was quite mind boggling to see that around 10% of the protein in a standard yeast based bread is actually yeast protein! Here our #metaproteomics analysis of microbial protein in fermented foods pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A... Congratulations to first authors Laura Winkler and Ayesha Awan
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Assessing the diversity and functional profile of the “microbial proteome” in fermented foods
Fermented foods are staples in diets worldwide and are known for their health benefits. Microorganisms are the key to fermented food production as they convert raw substrates into digestible, nutritio...
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Jim Shaw @jimshaw.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Myloasm, our long-read metagenome assembler, is now published! w/ @mgmarin.bsky.social and @lh3lh3.bsky.social Very rewarding after > a year of development and countless hours thinking about assembly. Thanks to beta testers, Li lab, and reviewers who gave very helpful feedback. rdcu.be/famFj
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High-resolution metagenome assembly for modern long reads with myloasm
Nature Biotechnology - A long-read metagenome assembly method recovers circular and complete genomes better than existing tools.
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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
ANIr-based methodology to determine if two sequence-discrete populations are identical and identify cosmopolitan prokaryotic populations academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a... #jcampubs
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Frank Melzner @frankmelzner.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Come work with us in Vienna and along European coasts! We look for a creative Postdoc (4year contract) in Evolutionary Genomics to cooperate with physiologists, ecologists, see: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Postdoc-... Please share! @univie.ac.at
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Postdoc marine evolutionary genomics
Postdoc marine evolutionary genomics
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Nature Astronomy @natastron.nature.com · 16/03/2026
Samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu contain all five canonical nucleobases (A, G, C, T, U). Their presence in Ryugu and Bennu supports the hypothesis that carbonaceous asteroids contributed to the prebiotic chemical inventory of early Earth. dlvr.it/TRWtVp ☄️
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A complete set of canonical nucleobases in the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu - Nature Astronomy
Samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu contain all five canonical nucleobases (A, G, C, T and U). Their presence in Ryugu and Bennu supports the hypothesis that carbonaceous asteroids contributed to the prebiotic chemical inventory of early Earth.
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