Let’s talk Borgs, the latest enigmatic find in genome biology, detailed in a bioRxiv preprint by the Banfield lab at UC Berkeley. The preprint’s authors analysed DNA from mud in Prof Jill Banfield’s back garden (lab head and corresponding author). By digging deep (over 1m) into the soil from a springtime pond, the researchers probed for DNA associated with archaea, a type of microorganism that lives in low-oxygen environments. To their surprise, they found a previously unseen linear chromosome, a finding that they named Borgs.
What is a Borg?
What is a Borg?
What is a Borg?
Let’s talk Borgs, the latest enigmatic find in genome biology, detailed in a bioRxiv preprint by the Banfield lab at UC Berkeley. The preprint’s authors analysed DNA from mud in Prof Jill Banfield’s back garden (lab head and corresponding author). By digging deep (over 1m) into the soil from a springtime pond, the researchers probed for DNA associated with archaea, a type of microorganism that lives in low-oxygen environments. To their surprise, they found a previously unseen linear chromosome, a finding that they named Borgs.