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Re:Delightfully strange: Mystery 'golden egg' found on ocean... by yreg on Sunday September 10, 2023 @07:36PM (#37461163)
There are portable devices for sequencing out in the field, like MinION.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RRSxWtJPUw

https://nanoporetech.com/products/minion

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Re:Delightfully strange: Mystery 'golden egg' found on ocean... by aydyn on Sunday September 10, 2023 @10:40PM (#37462222)
Nanopore has a much, much higher error rate and you still need sample extraction / sample prep all the same.
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Re:Delightfully strange: Mystery 'golden egg' found on ocean... by yreg on Monday September 11, 2023 @06:37AM (#37465282)
The error rate is low enough for plenty of tasks. E.g. DoctorOetker's goal of finding out how novel the collected genome is.

If you can do the extraction / prep with a briefcase you bring to a jungle, then you can do it on a boat as well.

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