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Plant-Microbial Interactions Group
… are complex organisms that harbor a fantastic diversity of cell types and associated organisms, including fungal and … in how plants self-organize, influence, and are influenced by microbial partners. We use a variety of genomics-powered … of plant/environmental responses … Selected Publications … Research Team Alumni … For further details, …
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Predicting the chemical space of fungal polyketides by phylogeny-based bioinformatics analysis of polyketide synthase-nonribosomal peptide synthetase and its modification enzymes
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Assembly and Succession of Iron Oxide Microbial Mat Communities in Acidic Geothermal Springs
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Hypoxic survival requires a 2-on-2 hemoglobin in a process involving nitric oxide
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Contrasting Pathways for Anaerobic Methane Oxidation in Gulf of Mexico Cold Seep Sediments
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Marsarchaeota are an aerobic archaeal lineage abundant in geothermal iron oxide microbial mats
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Massive lateral transfer of genes encoding plant cell wall-degrading enzymes to the mycoparasitic fungus Trichoderma from its plant-associated hosts
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The crystal structures of the tri-functional Chloroflexus aurantiacus and bi-functional Rhodobacter sphaeroides malyl-CoA lyases and comparison with CitE-like superfamily enzymes and malate synthases
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The Megadata of Lake Mendota - Part 1: Many, Many Mers
Lake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes of … the software evolution that made metagenome assemblies like this possible. …
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Reactive iron, not fungal community, drives organic carbon oxidation potential in floodplain soils
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Doubling Down on Known Protein Families
… researchers confirm microbial diversity is wilder than ever. Imagine researchers exploring a dark room with a … online Oct. 11, 2023 in  Nature highlights the vast array of functional diversity of microbes through a novel approach to better understand microbial communities by looking at protein function within them. The work was led …
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NeLLi — Symposium on New Lineages of Life
The DOE Joint Genome Institute hosted the hybrid “NeLLi 2023 Symposium” delving into the most recent expansions of the Tree of Life and latest discoveries toward the …
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