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… leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary metabolites for multiple applications … metabolic activities. Found in marine and terrestrial environments, actinobacteria play roles in both the carbon … resource, but also yielding and supporting many high-impact publications ,” emphasized Markus Göker, who managed the …

Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm microbial diversity is wilder than ever. Imagine researchers … unique makeup of microbe players and the functions they perform, artificially replicating a whole community is … these families. They divided the protein families up by environment and found only 7% of protein families were …

… leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary metabolites for multiple applications.   … have uncovered genomes for just a small fraction of Earth’s microbial diversity. Because most microbes cannot be … repository of 52,515 microbial draft genomes generated from environmental samples around the world, expanding the known …

… diversity reveals seed dispersal in wild populations for the first time. For years, Elizabeth (Toby) Kellogg and … which particularly helps plants thrive in warm, arid environments. Corn and sugarcane are among the major … Kellogg added, and shattering genes may be specific to species or groups of species.  The genome data also revealed …

… to enable great science that will help solve energy and environmental challenges. Congratulations to Jennifer Doudna of the University of California (UC), Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National … nature was using it to do something important.” Related Publications:  A scoutRNA Is Required for Some Type V …