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… primary focus — replicating itself.  Chitin is found in the cell walls of fungi and the exoskeleton of insects. It is … in archaea, fungi or bacteria. Certain similarities with bacterial counterparts suggest the viral versions of the … soil viruses and AMGs. It could spawn future research into understanding why these AMGs exist in the first place, and …

… of the sulfur they need to grow and divide. Similar to the bacterial enzymes that fix nitrogen — nitrogenases — other … to function as chemical Clydesdales, each piece of understanding paves the way for optimizing production of chemicals and plastics with this system. “From a biotechnology standpoint, we can make ethylene from certain …

… advanced the microbial sciences. The Prize also recognizes innovative and impactful analysis of microbiome data that has changed our understanding of the microbiome and the microbial sciences …