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… virus sequences vary widely. In a previous effort, an international consortium recommended specific guidelines and best practices for characterizing uncultivated viruses. Following up on … which limits the ability of researchers to accurately perform functional assessment, host prediction, and …

… For the first time, a team has comprehensively described … a more systematic picture through single-cell and metagenomic sequencing. A team co-led by Mária Džunková, … virus in 34 hosts or 26 percent of the single cells. Metagenomics sequencing then allowed the team to ask, for the 34 …

… occupy more space on Earth than any other ecosystem. Therefore, understanding the microbial activity that dominates … years ago and has been well-studied by many researchers for nearly five decades. In these frigid systems, where … collected over a 10-year period and sent to JGI for metagenomic sequencing. A study  recently published in  …

… be a specific host the virus has adapted to commandeer. For bacteriophage viruses, these hosts are microbes like bacteria, not humans. With metagenomic sequencing, researchers have found more of these … as terrestrial soil, having additional isolates and metagenomic datasets will strengthen future virus-host …

… Knockout experiments showcase potential for engineering bioenergy crops The Science Scientists at … iron, engineered poplar can be used to develop bioproducts for industrial applications. For example, lignin could be used for building materials … II, a U.S. DOE Office of Science User Facility operated for the DOE Office of Science by Brookhaven National …