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… Retracing how the dry rot Serpula lacrymans adapted to a new … plant mass for conversion to sustainable, alternative biofuels and bioproducts. This study lends insights on how the … Summary Unlike white rots, brown rots break down only the cellulose and hemicellulose, leaving the lignin behind. The …

… Protein annotations provide insights into environmental tendencies … and researchers more about the patterns and functions of environmental microbes. Researchers can use the tool to correlate protein annotations with ratios of DNA sequence fragments from the ecosystems. Selecting a …

… High-throughput stable isotope probing helps ID novel interactions between … 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) …

… Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The Science Fields of drooping stalks and cracked earth are becoming common … This research was funded in part by DOE Grant DE-SC0014081 (to N.V., … P. Sloan Foundation Grant 2013-10-27 (to the University of California, Berkeley [N.V.]); L’Ecole Normale …

… A fungus relies on bacteria to regulate key components of … , is recognized as a mutualist, where both species of organism benefit from association, but was predicted to … the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. The work conducted by the U.S. Department of …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what … With metagenomic sequencing, researchers have found more of these viruses than ever before, in all kinds of ecosystems. However, matching these viral genetic … This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Biological and Environmental …

… Analysis reveals the microbial community involved in a … PCE (perchloroethylene) found its way into the groundwater of several communities in New Mexico via leakage from a … amount of what’s allowed in drinking water. However, in the deeper sites, toxic chemicals remain.  To identify the …