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… helped plants conquer land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal … relative,  Zygnematophyceae , scientists have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from … able to grow in marginal lands and with minimal resources. Enabling the use of non-arable land for biomass …

… they are symbionts and not free-living organisms. The Science Researchers employed multiple microbiology and … host cells. In the  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , a team led by Rick Cavicchioli at the University … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, experimentally demonstrated that …

… preview of how large-scale single cell genomics complements metagenomics studies. The Science Researchers demonstrated the value of conducting … microbial populations. The work appeared in The ISME Journal . Members of the Dunfield lab collected samples from … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is supported under Contract No. …

… it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The Science Maize ( Zea mays ) produces a plethora of … buck. The research team reports that transferring just four genes encoding these enzymes to another plant, such as  … in  Nature Plants that the zealexin pathway has an “hourglass” shape with diverse precursors in, and many …

… Sequence-based studies — from metagenomics to single-cell work — have quickly accelerated understanding of giant viruses. The Science In the last thirty years, in environments all over … makeup of new giant viruses. This review highlights four of these approaches. One way of detecting giant viruses …