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… to current problems facing humanity. A major focus are biofuel feedstock species and plant-microbe interactions, … and bolster agricultural resilience. The program’s discoveries support a plant based bioeconomy where plants are a major source of chemical production and contribute to a healthier planet …

… Lake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes of that lake for over 20 years, to understand how the freshwater ecosystem … together.  The next 3 episodes are the story behind that giant assembly from Lake Mendota. In this episode: the …

… The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet … to find that while archaeal hitchhikers may often act as parasites, in other cases, they likely help their hosts. The … However, no microbe works alone. Archaea, bacteria, and viruses all operate in concert to form the foundation of …

… “Where’s Waldo?” readers need to look for a number of distinguishing features. Several characters may be … machine “learned” to identify a certain type of bacterial viruses or phages called inoviruses, which are filamentous … features that you can use to identify the inoviruses.” Overhauling the Perception of Inovirus Diversity The results …

… helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are merely toolkits. To do anything, they must find … With metagenomic sequencing, researchers have found more of these viruses than ever before, in all kinds of ecosystems. However, matching these viral genetic sequences to their hosts is crucial to …