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A Natural Mechanism Can Turbocharge Viral Evolution
… Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The Science The first step in the deadly … cells or hosts. This ability isn’t enough to make them super viruses, though, said Roux. There’s a gauntlet of …
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A New Actinobacterial Chapter in the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea
… planet’s microbial diversity is immense, yet much of it remains unknown. For more than a decade, researchers around the … collaborated with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … publications ,” emphasized Markus Göker, who managed the production of genomic DNA at DSMZ for GEBA-Actino and …
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Laccase and Its Role in Production of Extracellular Reactive Oxygen Species during Wood Decay by the Brown Rot Basidiomycete Postia placenta▿ †
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Characterization of the Clostridium thermocellum AdhE, NfnAB, ferredoxin and Pfor proteins for their ability to support high titer ethanol production in Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum
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Corymbia Genome Expands Terpene Synthesis Knowledge
… of two C. citriodora subspecies broaden understanding of the terpene synthase gene family across eucalypt … is increasingly farmed in other countries for essential oil production. The recent assembly of two Corymbia citriodora … of the genes responsible for terpene synthase (TPS) enzyme production. This family of enzymes is critical to the …
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Restoration of biofuel production levels and increased tolerance under ionic liquid stress is enabled by a mutation in the essential Escherichia coli gene cydC
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Genomic Characterization of Candidate Division LCP-89 Reveals an Atypical Cell Wall Structure, Microcompartment Production, and Dual Respiratory and Fermentative Capacities.
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Making a Lichen Together
… more clearly. The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) participants. One is a fungus (usually belonging to the ascomycetes, one of the two main branches of … This work was supported by an intramural seed grant (IGSP 2008001) to DA, FL, and FD from …
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Biotech Partners Summer Intern Co-Authors NAR Paper
… Kaushal Sharma, one of five Antioch High School rising juniors who participated in internships at the DOE Joint Genome Institute this summer … biosamples in GOLD. “Besides these, he curated several small sets of phylogeny, biosample metadata tasks we …
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For the Tiniest Archaea, A Genomic Switch of Friend or Foe
… Meta-omics datasets show that CRISPR-Cas systems determine mutualism or parasitism between some archaeal hosts and … These organisms are abundant and yet exceptionally small, with mini genomes to match. As a result, they cannot … Ca . Huberiarchaeum. Both organisms are part of the DPANN superphylum of Archaea. This pair is abundant in two …
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Single mutation at a highly conserved region of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase enables isobutyl acetate production directly from cellulose by Clostridium thermocellum at elevated temperatures
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