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… hosts are microbes like bacteria, not humans. With metagenomic sequencing, researchers have found more of these viruses than ever before, in all kinds of … as terrestrial soil, having additional isolates and metagenomic datasets will strengthen future virus-host …

Database provides details on river microbes in 90% of US continental watersheds. The Science In a recent Nature … datasets are also available through the DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase, allowing researchers to immediately explore … also funded under the RC-SFA at PNNL by DOE BER ESS. Metagenomic and metatranscriptomic sequencing was performed at …

… analyzing the enzymes present in the complex organic matrix of the forest floor, a team of researchers have found that there is a striking division of labor between the two groups. Fungi are much more active …

… ice in the Arctic has decreased by more than 30% in terms of quantity and thickness. Replacing older, thicker ice with … surface where algae grow. Armed with a better understanding of the alga’s stress resistance and ability to adapt to … First Research Excellence Fund to Sentinelle Nord is acknowledged. Additional support was by way of the Fonds de …

Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The Science Fields of drooping stalks and cracked earth are becoming common … by a consortium involving researchers from the University of California (UC), Berkeley, UC Agriculture and Natural …

Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when … place: hot spring-dwelling bacteria from the phylum C hloroflexota . Research shows that flagella were lost in other … enable organisms to swim around. However, genome and metagenomic sequencing conducted by the U.S. Department of …

The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest … meal. In their evolutionary history, these fungi branched off early from aerobic fungi, which can breathe oxygen — … and the UCSB Connie Frank Fellowship. The authors acknowledge support from the Center for Scientific Computing …

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 … yield new biotechnological opportunities.  … The authors acknowledge their funding sources: Office of Biological and …