Scientists are planning to sequence the genomes of all species, including plants, animals, fungi, found in Britain and Ireland.
But the tiniest life forms are posing the biggest challenges.
"Protists occupy a really important position in the food chain, where they eat organisms that are smaller than them, such as bacteria and viruses. And then they, in turn, get eaten by larger organisms. Back in Plymouth, and the marine biologists have moved onshore to take a look inside some rock pools.Something flashes past the seaweed.
"Marine environments are incredibly volatile, and so the animals that live here have to be even more adapted to their space than we are. And that means that they have very specific ways of coping with their environment," says Kes.
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