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… Retracing how the dry rot Serpula lacrymans adapted to a new ecological habitat. The Science By comparing genetic information from similar organisms, researchers … to thrive in manmade environments. As reported January 5, 2018 in The ISME Journal , a team led by University of Oslo …

… metabolites for multiple applications. Despite advances in sequencing technologies and computational methods in the … genomes for just a small fraction of Earth’s microbial diversity. Because most microbes cannot be cultivated under … 44%, is now available and  described November 9, 2020 in  Nature Biotechnology . Known as the GEM (Genomes from …

… system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” with respect to their genomes. In their base state, they are diploids with two genome … grass system for answers. Their work  recently appeared in  Nature Communication s. The team studied  Brachypodium …

… Using the IMG/M data portal, researchers have identified a … The specific protein described in  a recent study in  Nature Communications , a chitosanase, is tied to carbon … health. Summary Soil viruses are a reservoir of genetic diversity and capable of transferring genes from one host …

… A former JGI intern is now applying his internship lessons on … When Lawrence embarked on his PhD program at UC Merced in 2013, this field was just beginning to develop and expand … fine tune his approach. “I got a lot of that from Zhong.”   Publication: Carrell AA et al. Habitat-adapted microbial …