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Oct 2026
Thermococcales pangenome uncovers new genera and modular evolution
The order Thermococcales is unusual among Archaea in being known primarily from hundreds of lab-cultured isolates rather than metagenome-assembled genomes. Such cultivation is powerful for comparative genomics, allowing access to complete closed genomes rather than fragmented assemblies. We analysed 122 complete genome...
R. Catchpole, Clémence Lauden, Damien Courtine et al.
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