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40. Why have researchers turned to the techniques ofmetagenomics to get a grasp on the abundance and diversity ofmicrobes in the marine environment? (2)

41. Prochlorococcus is a marine cyanobacteria. Sincethis organism is a prokaryote (no chloroplasts), how does itphotosynthesize? (2)

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40 Ans Traditional techniques such as cultivation of clonal cultures followed by genomic sequencing do not provide the complete picture of microbial diversity in the given area of sampling However the metagenomics leverage the advantage of lowering of price of genomic sequencing and provide the powerful tool to reveal previously unknown microbial life and microbial ecology at    See Answer
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