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A trove of more than 300 million gene groups from ocean bacteria, fungi and viruses has been made freely available online. A trove of more than 300 million gene groups from ocean bacteria, fungi and viruses has been made freely available online.

AUSTIN, Texas — Thor, the legendary Norse god from the mythological city of Asgard, is not alone. According to groundbreaking research published in the

Biggest bacterium ever discovered shakes our view of the single-celled world

For scientists, finding the huge, bizarrely complex microbe is like "encountering a human being ... as tall as Mount Everest.”