Wednesday, July 04, 2007

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>gi49175990refNC_000913.2 Escherichia coli K12, complete genome *


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I guess I didnt have anything else to post. Sometime back I downloaded the E.coli genome sequence and placed the fasta file on my desktop for my amusement. Whenever I looked at that file I could not help but smile in my mind and nod slightly at the screen. Here is an organism - a bacterium frozen in a text document. Life cannot get more digital...



*only 1% sequence was posted, posting the whole genome would freeze the browser.

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