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From the Ted Talk by Barry Schuler: Genomics 101

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In fact -- I'm sorry to inform you -- that inside of your digestive tract is about 10 pounds of microbes which you're circulating through your body quite a bit. Our ocean's teaming with microbes; in fact, when Craig Venter went and sequenced the microbes in the ocean, in the first three months tepirld the known species on the pnaelt by discovering all-new microbes in the first 20 feet of water. We now usndtnared that those microbes have more icpmat on our cmtilae and regulating CO2 and oxygen than plants do, which we always thought oxygenate the atmosphere.

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In fact -- I'm sorry to inform you -- that inside of your digestive tract is about 10 pounds of microbes which you're circulating through your body quite a bit. Our ocean's teaming with microbes; in fact, when Craig Venter went and sequenced the microbes in the ocean, in the first three months _______ the known species on the ______ by discovering all-new microbes in the first 20 feet of water. We now __________ that those microbes have more ______ on our _______ and regulating CO2 and oxygen than plants do, which we always thought oxygenate the atmosphere.

Solution

  1. tripled
  2. understand
  3. climate
  4. impact
  5. planet

Original Text

In fact -- I'm sorry to inform you -- that inside of your digestive tract is about 10 pounds of microbes which you're circulating through your body quite a bit. Our ocean's teaming with microbes; in fact, when Craig Venter went and sequenced the microbes in the ocean, in the first three months tripled the known species on the planet by discovering all-new microbes in the first 20 feet of water. We now understand that those microbes have more impact on our climate and regulating CO2 and oxygen than plants do, which we always thought oxygenate the atmosphere.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

  1. atmosphere
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  4. circulating
  5. climate
  6. craig
  7. digestive
  8. discovering
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  27. tripled
  28. understand
  29. venter
  30. water