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Much more than waste: Tiny vesicles exchange genetic information between cells in the sea

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Until now, it was assumed that direct contacts between cells, free DNA or viruses were primarily responsible for the exchange of genes.

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen now show that extracellular vesicles are also very important for the transfer of genetic information in the sea and thus for the life of its smallest inhabitants. Erdmann Susanne Erdmann ighLig the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology aryF Bremen ghLightText__NxlGi">0.2 ISME Communications first Viruses ummaryFeed_highLightText__NxlGi">Erdmanns Up to 10 million Feed_highLightText__NxlGi">PhD the last fifteen years Erdmann first Bremen only 0.2 Max Planck Ins about 300 pan> the Max Planck Research Group Archaea Virology Erdmann Erdmann RNA

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