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… Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The Science The … allowing these viruses to target new microbial prey. The Impact This research provides a much more comprehensive … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome …

… for capturing the genetic make-up of specific uncultivated microbes from complex environmental samples. The Science A team led by researchers at … efficiently retrieve and characterize their genomes. The Impact Despite great strides in generating genome sequences …

… reveals the microbial community involved in a bioremediation effort. The Science In 1999, the Environmental Protection … a (microbial) community to clean up a Superfund site. The Impact The Comprehensive Environmental Response, … to bioremediation efforts for decades. Identifying resident microbes that can help bioremediate toxic substances has led …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At … to commandeer. For bacteriophage viruses, these hosts are microbes like bacteria, not humans. With metagenomic … match viruses with their archaea and bacteria hosts. The Impact Within the domains of archaea and bacteria, millions …

… Analysis reveals cotton genome stability across global lineages . Come harvest … depend on cotton production, and the crop’s annual economic impact of $500 billion worldwide underscores its value and … because they were so genetically similar.” Benefits of High Impact Science “The results described in this  Nature …

… easily in the lab. To access the genomes of uncultured  microbes , scientists usually employ two different methods; … DNA for genome sequencing was no easy task. The traditional way of collecting them is through a method called … a much higher completion, above 80% in most cases. The Impact PTA is a refined capability that is desirable in the …

… The Science Haloarchaea flourish in hypersaline environments, and researchers are interested in learning how these microbes have learned to adapt from marine to hypersaline … partial genomes) from six hypersaline Antarctic lakes. The Impact By collecting and sequencing dominant haloarchaeal …