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… methods for the first time to comprehensively characterize viral-host interactions. The team discovered that the mat’s … an estimated 40 to 80 percent of all the microbial cells on Earth. As microbial predators, viruses are able to determine … to sequence both a cell’s genome and detect accompanying viral sequences, which would suggest the virus had been …

… played a key role in determining the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere and regulating the global climate for … in nearly all types of anaerobic environments suggest the diversity of methane metabolisms is “vastly underestimated.” … in turn can help to understand its impact on climate along earth history.” Marker genes for diverse methane metabolisms …

… viruses and plasmids. They can be found in virtually all of Earth’s ecosystems. A software tool  recently described in  … IMG Virus Resource (IMG/VR) , now with more than 15 million viral genomes. It was also key to developing the first … to become an essential tool for researching global viral diversity. geNomad has already been downloaded thousands of …

… Science Hydrothermal vents are ocean-floor openings in the Earth’s crust that emit hot, mineral-rich water. These vents … those plates separate, seawater seeps through cracks in the Earth’s crust and reacts with very hot rocks below, becoming …

… Metagenomic datasets could help map out microbial diversity hotspots Over the past few decades, advancements … taken stock of the current state of microbial genomic biodiversity. Using publicly available genome sequence data … their study assesses what fraction of the microbial diversity we know about, and proposes a path forward to …

… health. Summary Soil viruses are a reservoir of genetic diversity and capable of transferring genes from one host … tree was then constructed with the sequence data to compare viral chitosanases to others like it available in public … using high-brightness X-rays.  This study only begins to unearth the insights to be found within soil viruses and AMGs. …

… found in Yellowstone may have been important in early Earth conditions. The Science Through a combination of … to have played a key role in the development of life on Earth; the iron-oxide microbial mats at Yellowstone offer researchers an analog for studying early Earth conditions. Additionally, high-temperature …

… detected in the samples. Simon Roux co-organized the Viral EcoGenomics & Applications (VEGA) Symposium series. … of viruses in natural ecosystems, and functionally explore viral genetic diversity toward innovative biotechnological and industrial …