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… lysogeny, they can insinuate themselves inside the host’s genome, living quietly and replicating with their host … a more systematic picture through single-cell and metagenomic sequencing. A team co-led by Mária Džunková, … the virus in 34 hosts or 26 percent of the single cells. Metagenomics sequencing then allowed the team to ask, for the …

Grigoriev from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … carbon from lignocellulosic-abundant matters such as plant litter and to incorporate the assimilated carbon into … assistance from co-habitant microorganisms were unmasked. Plant polysaccharides such as starch and cellulose were …

The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . Now, high-quality reference genome sequences of the male and female plants, each representing a single set of chromosomes, are …

A tall native plant of the North American prairie, switchgrass ( Panicum … potential biofuel feedstock. But switchgrass has a complex genome and, as a species, encompasses dizzying diversity. … of scientists made an ambitious plan to begin to link the plant’s varying traits — height, biomass, hardiness to cold, …