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… team has comprehensively described host-virus dynamics in a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms … interactions. This work,  recently published in  The ISME Journal , by contrast, relied on methods that eschew …

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… on river microbes in 90% of US continental watersheds. The Science In a recent Nature paper , researchers describe a dataset of microbial genomes sampled from rivers covering 90% of the … be the first publicly available, river-focused microbial resource that provides information at multiple scales from …

… part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful, high-throughput … goal of producing sustainable fuels from alternative sources. Moreover, the team says the approach they used to …

… joined the JGI in 2014 to pursue her research interests in microbial ecology and metagenomics. Her current research … in human microbiome research at the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine … Evolution & Genomics, F1000Prime Reviewer for major journals and funding agencies and philanthropic organizations …

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… helps further demystify biosynthetic gene clusters.  The Science Microbial secondary metabolites, those molecules not … a lab environment, shining a light into this “biological dark matter.”  It also offers CRISPR a point of entry. By …

… computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are merely toolkits. To do … opens the possibility of using phages to engineer microbial communities. One day, these phages could boost … nutrient cycling, or carbon sequestration. Summary Existing programs use a variety of approaches to match a virus with a …

… when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The Science Walk in a temperate forest filled with Norway spruce trees, and microbial activity teems beneath your feet. Both bacteria and fungi have genes that can break …

… viral genome found in the deep subsurface ecosystem. The Science Altiarchaea are carbon-fixing microbes and targets … Earth’s surface is reconstructed by combining a study of microbial communities (metagenomics) and a chemical … releasing fresh organic carbon which can serve as a food source for other microbes into the environment. Summary In J. …