From the Ted Talk by Jonathan Eisen: Meet your microbes
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We are literally a teeming ecosystem of moairnciorgmss. And unfortunately, if you want to learn about the microorganisms, just looking at them in a microscope is not sufficient. And so we just heard about the DNA sequencing. It tnurs out that one of the best ways to look at microbes and to understand them is to look at their DNA. And that's what I've been doing for 20 years, using DNA sequencing, colienlctg smapels from various places, including the human body, reading the DNA sueqnece and then using that DNA sequencing to tell us about the microbes that are in a particular place.
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We are literally a teeming ecosystem of ______________. And unfortunately, if you want to learn about the microorganisms, just looking at them in a microscope is not sufficient. And so we just heard about the DNA sequencing. It _____ out that one of the best ways to look at microbes and to understand them is to look at their DNA. And that's what I've been doing for 20 years, using DNA sequencing, _________________ from various places, including the human body, reading the DNA ________ and then using that DNA sequencing to tell us about the microbes that are in a particular place.
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Original Text
We are literally a teeming ecosystem of microorganisms. And unfortunately, if you want to learn about the microorganisms, just looking at them in a microscope is not sufficient. And so we just heard about the DNA sequencing. It turns out that one of the best ways to look at microbes and to understand them is to look at their DNA. And that's what I've been doing for 20 years, using DNA sequencing, collecting samples from various places, including the human body, reading the DNA sequence and then using that DNA sequencing to tell us about the microbes that are in a particular place.