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… Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The … The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” … of viruses that had in their genomes a surprising tool: a “diversity generating retroelement,” or DGR. The DGR could …
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… 2004 to lead the Genome Biology Program and the development of the comparative analysis platforms for microbial genomes and metagenomes (IMG). He became the … at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and at Argonne National Laboratory. Dr. Kyrpides’ research focus on …
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… Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking … Walk in a temperate forest filled with Norway spruce trees, and microbial activity teems beneath your feet. Both bacteria … This work was supported by the Czech Science Foundation (18- 25706S and 20-02022Y), by the Ministry of Education, …
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… (UEC) recently welcomed three new members earlier this month – Sneha Couvilion of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Chris Schadt of … Soil Microbiome SFA. She serves as Secretary within the Microbial Ecology Section of the Ecological Society of …
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