Tiers of Complexity (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

Tiers of Complexity

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Capturing tiers of complexity: from genomes to cells to hot spring microbial mat communities of Yellowstone National Park are shown. From left to right: Circos graph depicting extensive genomic rearrangements between two sequenced cyanobacterial genomes called Synechococcus OSA and OS-B' (in red and blue respectively); a population of Synechococcus cells cultured in the lab exhibiting natural fluorescence; and a microbial mat community in Octopus Spring in Yellowstone National Park. Images are courtesy of Michelle Davison and Devaki Bhaya.

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Michelle Davison and Devaki Bhaya

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