Sensitive detection of gene transfer in a microbial community

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This is a summary of: Kalvapalle, P. B. et al. Information storage across a microbial community using universal RNA barcoding. Nat. Biotechnol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-025-02593-0 (2025).