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QUT-developed Tools Reveal 24,000 Previously Unknown Microbes' Genomes
November 14, 2025
BRISBANE, Australia, Nov. 14 (TNSjou) -- The Queensland University of Technology issued the following news:

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New QUT-developed tools reveal 24,000 previously unknown microbes' genomes

QUT researchers have recovered the genomes of more than 24,000 previously unknown microbial species--some from entirely new branches of life that likely evolved before plants and animals, detailed in two studies published in Nature Biotechnology and Nature Methods.

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