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… hydrothermal fluid. Eventually, that fluid is expelled back into the ocean through vents at temperatures that can exceed … and other microorganisms that live there.  Researchers from Portland State University and the University of … DBI-2047598 to K.A. We thank the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (Community Science Program award 339, lead …

… meeting brings together established and emerging scientists from academia, industry, and government organizations for … and informal networking events. JGI will present both a genome center talk and a tech talk. Stop by the JGI booth to …

… Northen’s research is focused on using metabolomics to link genomes with environments to understand how webs of microbes … Decrypting bacterial polyphenol metabolism in an anoxic wetland soil. Nat Commun. 2021 Apr 29;12(1):1-6. … Wang G et al. Chassis-Independent Recombinase-Assisted Genome Engineering Enables Rapid Activation of Biosynthetic …

… Micro-Scale Applications head Rex Malmstrom and Metagenome Program head Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh outline more … fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) to sort cells into several small pools before sequencing to recover rare … specific metabolic processes. A third approach steps away from reconstructing genomes directly from the environment …

… A new approach for improving functional annotation in fungal genomes. The Science In a proof-of-concept study, … our understanding of fungal diversity by sequencing genomes from across the fungal Tree of Life, but they also highlight … that at each of eight genes, having a single version from S. cerevisiae was sufficient to promote growth at high …

… to the lack of robust tools available for carrying CRISPR into microorganisms. CRAGE (Chassis-independent … edits affect functionality.  CRAGE allows for the transplanting of these BGCs from one organism into an alternate host via a landing pad that consists of a cre recombinase gene and …

… now overhauls our perception of this virus group – from minor curiosities they become a prominent component of … are important from the standpoint of phage-bacterial coevolution and are also useful tools in CRISPR-Cas … phages!” said Krupovic. “We can now start inquiring into their impact on microbial communities in the …