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… a Light on Functional ‘Dark Matter’ Microbial communities living everywhere from soils and stomachs to the deep sea … distinguish which gene belongs to each individual microbial species within a community. Therefore, the process hinges on referencing to existing genome sequences.  Some of these proteins are what the scientists …

… scientists were able to analyze the DNA of microbes living around the tree roots in the rhizosphere. …

… They provide researchers leading approved proposals with free access to their resources and capabilities to advance …

… “autopolyploids”, genome duplication occurs within a single species. By contrast, “allopolyploids” arise when different … and the  oilseed crop false flax – genomes that have been sequenced by the JGI – and the common strawberry, which is … clearly identifies the four subgenomes based on non-genic sequences.”  In his words, the history of the strawberry is …

… organisms who all consume different compounds. Microbial species will vary in activity as well; at any given time, many species in a community may be in ‘low power mode’, where … a  Minimum Information for any Stable Isotope Probing Sequence (MISIP) . They differentiate between required …

… is a division of labor by these bacterial groups. But why the strain variability? The authors think the reason may …

… collaboration, in 2017, they published the first genome sequence of a cold-adapted microalga: the diatom … study, they’ve cracked open the genome of another polar species, the green alga Microglena sp. YARC, which also … and gene regulation.  Mock and his team then linked those species-level observations with data on microalgal …