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With metagenomic sequencing, researchers have found more of these viruses than ever before, in all kinds of … host microbes play in nutrient cycles. … This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of … a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of …

Database provides details on river microbes in 90% of US continental watersheds. The Science In a recent Nature … could work across platforms. … This work was partially supported by awards from US Department of Energy (DOE) Office … Science Program and the University of Colorado Anschutz’s Genomics Shared Resource. The work (proposal …

A genetic architecture that is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, … two species and, perhaps, more generally. … This work was supported by the NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity Program … to S.D., DEB-1542486 to LBS, and DEB-1542599 to M.O.). Support was also provided by the National Natural Science …

… well ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly simple: place these … bioproducts. At NREL, Luke Dahlin in Michael Guarnieri’s group led the effort to screen 107 algal strains, growing them … At LANL, Tisza Bell in Shawn Starkenburg’s group conducted a series of experiments on the Scenedesmus …

… ice in the Arctic has decreased by more than 30% in terms of quantity and thickness. Replacing older, thicker ice with … moved to a lower-salinity environment with how a control group responded when moved to an environment of comparable … assess nutrient concentration and cell death. Immediately upon transfer, the experimental samples exhibited …

Science Altiarchaea are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in Earth’s deep subsurface. They are … by combining a study of microbial communities (metagenomics) and a chemical labelling approach. The Impact … in the samples that corresponded to eight separate groups of viruses. To visualize one particular viral genome in …

Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when … a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of … 91951205, and 31970122). Part of this project was supported by a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research …

… 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  Zygnematophyceae , … early plants transitioned from water to land. Key gene groups involved in stress tolerance and multicellularity … to terrestrial plants showcases how early plants built upon an ancient genetic framework to thrive outside aquatic …

… — making it difficult to grasp a deeper understanding of fundamental aspects of fern biology and, more broadly, … in both genome content and structure following a genome duplication event that occured some 60 million years ago. Massive gene loss, rampant gene duplications, and even more ancient gene transfers from …

New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main … called lignocellulose, are the primary components of hardy cell walls. It’s the cellulose and hemicellulose … a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of …