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12.21.2006 - Shotgun sequencing finds nanoorganisms |
 | | What made Baker's find possible was shotgun sequencing, a technique developed and made famous by Celera Corp., which used it to sequence the human genome in record time. |
 | | In 2004, Banfield collaborated with the Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute to shotgun sequence a drop of the slime. |
 | | This type of sequencing involves homogenizing the organisms in the sample, isolating the combined DNA and breaking it into lots of random strands. |
| www.berkeley.edu /news/media/releases/2006/12/21_microbes.shtml (1049 words) |