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Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm microbial diversity is wilder than ever. Imagine researchers … falls within that single beam. When it comes to microbial communities, scientists have historically been unable to see … the process hinges on referencing to existing genome sequences.  Some of these proteins are what the scientists …

Science group led by Nikos Kyrpides , mining the Integrated Microbial Genomics & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system’s immense … collection of publicly accessible metagenomic datasets from a wide variety of ecosystems around the world, … CA. Banfield’s observations of the CRISPRs in her microbial sequences piqued Doudna’s interest. As Doudna noted in her …

CheckV can help researchers assess virus sequence fragments and data quality. The Science Through … and more virus sequences are being recovered and identified from environmental samples (metagenomes). However, the … the genomes of these viruses and associate them with their microbial hosts. However, assembling viral genomes from …

Tracing gene regulatory networks in the model fungus  … Filamentous fungi are like handymen who show up at a job site for a task that requires a flathead screwdriver with a … break down the components of plant cell walls, which range from simple to complex carbohydrates, and then convert them …

The soybean is a crop that could boost biofuels and fertilize fields. … So in 2010, the JGI helped publish the original genome sequence for the soybean, Glycine max. With a full genome … threatens this important crop. Hear more about that work from researchers Gary Stacey (University of Missouri), Peter …

… genomic information using minute quantities of DNA derived from individual environmental cells. The proof of principle … and offered a way for researchers to study the planet’s microbial diversity, much of which remains unknown and … cell (seen here in a glass capillary), researchers sequenced and assembled the first complete genome of an …