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… of primary and secondary metabolites from plants, microorganisms, and environmental samples using targeted and … they typically contain salts and other contaminants that interfere with metabolomics analysis.  Q: Can you give us an … molecules exchanged between plants and microbiomes during interactions? Is it reliable performing an untargeted …

… and identified from environmental samples (metagenomes). However, the quality and completeness of metagenome-assembled … virus sequences vary widely. In a previous effort, an international consortium recommended specific guidelines and … completeness and removal of contamination from the host organism. As reported in Nature Biotechnology , a team from …

Schulz F, et al. 2020. Giant virus diversity and host interactions through global metagenomics. Nature . … AgreenSkills programme, France; Meta-omics of microbial ecosystems, INRA, France; A Knowledge-Based Bioinformatics …

… these ecologically relevant species. Another focus area was inter-organismal interactions, and two fungal proposals focus on symbiotic …

… stature, “short plants” such as mosses could be uniquely powerful in helping scientists link plant genetic sequences to what they do. But sequencing the genome of one short plant — fire moss — had an unexpected hurdle: ginormous sex …