Results
… a (microbial) community to clean up a Superfund site. The Impact The Comprehensive Environmental Response, … to bioremediation efforts for decades. Identifying resident microbes that can help bioremediate toxic substances has led … the minimum amount of what’s allowed in drinking water. However, in the deeper sites, toxic chemicals remain. To …
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National Microbiome Data Collaborative’s EDGE platform. The Impact In order to gain more insights into Earth’s … the interactions that happen between tiny organisms (microbes) located in soils and water. MGEs like viruses and plasmids drive …
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… the discovery of novel bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic microbes and viruses in environmental sequence data. Dr. … and machine learning to find novel functions that may impact microbiome structure and biogeochemical cycles. He … mSystems. 5 (3) Schulz et al. (2018) Hidden diversity of soil giant viruses. Nature Communications. 9 (1), 1-9 Roux …
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… 94 percent of the genes in a lipid-prolific yeast. The Impact The team used this set of guide RNAs on Yarrowia … before felling their research problem: at a genetic level, how does Y. lipolytica work? The project was a … CRISPR-Cas9 in order to interrogate each one’s function. However, the team first needed to fix a defect in the …
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A preview of how large-scale single cell genomics complements … in gene flow between the analyzed community members. The Impact Though microbes help regulate the planet’s nutrient cycles and are …
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… leads to photosynthetic defects, offering insights into how algal ponds can regulate photosynthesis under … (BER), Brodie and his colleagues have been running a soil-warming experiment in the Sierra Nevada mountain range … particularly, what happens in the rhizosphere where plants, microbes and soil interact below the ground, influencing the …
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