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… genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, researchers developed an algorithm that “taught” … a computer how to classify 101 representative genomes of Dothideomycetes, the largest class of fungi, by … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold much of the Earth’s carbon as well as material that can be converted to energy, are made up heavily of sphagnum mosses.  New research identifies sex chromosomes …

… A fungus relies on bacteria to regulate key components of its reproductive machinery The Science To better … , is recognized as a mutualist, where both species of organism benefit from association, but was predicted to … researchers also generated the first transcriptomic dataset of sexual reproduction in early fungi and discovered genes …

… a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But … interactions? Do generalist viruses run rampant, capable of infecting different host species? Or, do they tend to … virus in 34 hosts or 26 percent of the single cells. Metagenomics sequencing then allowed the team to ask, for the 34 …

… The Science Researchers have successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial … with results published in the  November 2022 issue of Microbiome . High-throughput stable isotope probing (SIP) … and improve results. Applying this method to the study of a particular fungi, researchers identified novel …

… di-GMP (Guanine Monophosphate) is found in nearly all types of bacteria and interacts with cell signaling networks that … role in regulating microbial cellulose production and biofilm formation, which affects a number of environments, including plants, soil, and the gut. To …

… to expression, scientists can now opt for various shades of grey. The ability to fine-tune the level of gene expression allowed researchers to identify variations of essential genes in metabolic networks that were missed … This work was funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under Award No. …

… With metagenomic sequencing, researchers have found more of these viruses than ever before, in all kinds of ecosystems. However, matching these viral genetic … archaea and bacteria hosts. The Impact Within the domains of archaea and bacteria, millions of  microbes govern …

… genome . Now, high-quality reference genome sequences of the male and female plants, each representing a single set of chromosomes, are available. The genome assemblies … continents, including Antarctica where it is a major part of the flora, fire moss has adapted to conditions such as UV …

… A genetic architecture that is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The … and female sexes. For the first time, the sex chromosomes of shrub willow have been sequenced with sufficient … This work was supported by the NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity Program (DEB-1542509 to S.D., DEB-1542486 to …

… 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 … Foundation (18- 25706S and 20-02022Y), by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic …

… Science Altiarchaea are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in Earth’s deep subsurface. They are abundant representatives of deep subsurface ecosystems. A team of researchers … by combining a study of microbial communities (metagenomics) and a chemical labelling approach. The Impact …