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… screen, they can now identify microbes with specific functional characteristics. When they tested the screen … they uncovered a novel cellulose-degrading bacterium typically found in low abundances. The Impact Microbes are known … this microbe. The work is an example of how function-driven genomics, which Woyke and her colleagues define as “any form …

… with the photobiont transferring part of its photosynthetically fixed carbon to the mycobiont. However, despite a … in the lichen lifestyle. The team’s results appear in  BMC Genomics . To explore the genomes, Armaleo and colleagues …

… protists to plants. In 2009, he launched the JGI Fungal Genomics program which resulted in over 2500 fungal genomes … Riley et al (2016) Comparative genomics of biotechnologically important yeasts.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. … al. The plant cell wall-decomposing machinery underlies the functional diversity of forest fungi.  Science . 2011; 333: …