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… ranging from wetlands to tree islands to cattails. In 2018, the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … Everglades in Palm Beach County, and particularly about the microbes that play roles in the methane cycle. Their data … armed with the proper permits, to the refuge to collect soil samples from multiple locations. Back in the classroom, …
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… to have evolved from a parasitic interaction with their soil fungus host, Rhizopus microsporus . Researchers found … discovered genes that are critical for this process. The Impact In the absence of the Burkholderia endobacteria, the … group of oleaginous or oil-producing fungi, and the impact this mutualistic interaction has on these potential …
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… for capturing the genetic make-up of specific uncultivated microbes from complex environmental samples. The Science A … efficiently retrieve and characterize their genomes. The Impact Despite great strides in generating genome sequences … of microbes that play key roles in global biogeochemical cycles remains unexplored and uncultivated. Developing a …
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… transferring part of its photosynthetically fixed carbon to the mycobiont. However, despite a … of both partners to better understand lichen. The Impact Lichens are a model for inter-kingdom communication … for bioenergy crops. And because lichens are dominant carbon and nitrogen fixers in alpine and high latitude …
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… sequence analysis to recover the genomes of uncultivated microbes. We also apply labeling strategies that allow us to select specific uncultivated microbes for sequencing based on their level of metabolic …
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… sequence analysis to recover the genomes of uncultivated microbes. We also apply labeling strategies that allow us to select specific uncultivated microbes for sequencing based on their level of metabolic …
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