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For the first time, a team has analyzed in parallel the genomes and transcriptomes of both partners to better … lichens. Studying the symbiosis by investigating a lichen’s genomes and transcriptomes could help inform efforts at … autonomy; they can be isolated and grown separately from each other. A possible explanation, according to the …

… build proteins. What Wint and her mentors discovered in the genomes helped to reinforce Charles Darwin’s “survival of … Wint said. “Fungi play an important role in the earth’s ecosystem,” said Salamov, one of Wint’s mentors and … covering the entire kingdom of fungi. “The information from this project may also have a practical relevance with …

… in extreme environments. They also produce a range of novel enzymes and other biomolecules that could potentially … and other microorganisms that live there.  Researchers from Portland State University and the University of … datasets are available on the JGI’s  Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) portal. The study,  published …

… are abundant and yet exceptionally small, with mini genomes to match. As a result, they cannot process all of … they likely help their hosts. The Impact Meters below the Earth’s surface, within the crust, there is a vast ecosystem … Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory, Hokkaido, Japan. From samples of both environments, they used fluorescence  …

Biology article highlights how one microalga collected from water on the ice surface handles such fluctuations. P. … nutrient-poor conditions. It lives in a range of habitats — from brine pockets and melt pools, and within the water … in part by RNA library preparation and sequencing from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome …