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… viruses. Almost all known virophage genomes share only four genes in common: major and minor capsid proteins (MCP and … were found in diverse habitats including the air, plant rhizosphere, wastewater, and even animal and human … a global analysis of the diversity, distribution, and evolution of virophages.” Lead author David Paez-Espino  …

… environmental challenges.   Scanning the California oak woodlands from the air, large swaths of the bleached, skeletal … ra-MOR-um) the genus in Latin translates to “plant destroyer” and it has served as just that on a … uncover evolutionary origins and mechanisms of pathogenesis . Science. 2006 Sep 1;313(5791):1261-6. doi: …

Many fungi have beneficial symbiotic relationships with plants and bacteria; in many instances, fungal physiology is … cyst nematode and the soybean sudden death pathogen. In the genes-to-function focus area, Daniel Kliebenstein from the … Richard Dick of The Ohio State University aims to study plant drought resilience in the Sahel, an arid region of …

… entities that seek to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are … like viruses and plasmids drive microbial processes and evolution. This is because MGEs can affect a microbe’s … By understanding more about the genomics of MGEs and their evolution at the cellular level, scientists can better …

… the fungus and alga, either separately or together, on nitrocellulose filters in Petri dishes. The scientists also … clonally. Yet its genome revealed that the alga has all the genes needed for meiosis, and thus can rapidly create … The study’s transcriptomic data also identified many genes potentially important for the symbiosis, including …