Friday, November 07, 2014

 

Searching for new branches on the tree of life

"Ever since Woese's seminal work nearly 40 years ago (1), life has been divided into three domains: Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukaryota. But could there be life that does not fit into any of these domains? Novel techniques for exploring microbes that cannot readily be grown in the laboratory offer hope that scientists can discover such life, if it exists"Searching for new branches on the tree of life




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