Mystery find of microbial DNA elements called Borgs

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Christian Rinke. Nature. 2022 Oct.

. 2022 Oct;610(7933):635-637.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-02975-3.

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Keywords: Genomics; Microbiology.

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Borgs are giant genetic elements with potential to expand metabolic capacity.
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