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By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have new … most powerful light microscope, and fickle, often hiding their function from even the most determined scientist.  …

Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, … scientists around the world. Most of those researchers send their samples in from afar, without ever hearing much about the sequencing lab. So today, Chris Daum walks …

… and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found … called geNomad identifies and classifies MGEs based upon their gene content and their genetic sequences. The software … can affect a microbe’s ability to cycle nutrients or produce new chemicals. They can also affect ecosystems by …

Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when migrating back to the … other forms of  Chloroflexota that adapted to marine environments hundreds of millions of years ago.  The Impact … help inform engineering microorganisms for biofuel production and other sustainable applications. Summary Hot …

A team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful, high-throughput … Moreover, the team says the approach they used to validate their set of guide RNAs could be applied to other …

A deep dive into microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of four ecologically distinct … at different depths. In order to determine the genome structure of SAR324 cells and their gene expression, the team then sequenced community …

Researchers start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.   … still not well understood — scientists can better fine-tune their engineering efforts of both plants and root … or mycorrhizal fungi (mutualist symbionts that induce structural changes in plant roots),  M. elongata  …

… hermaphrodites, expressing both male and female gametes in one individual. But some, including shrub willow  Salix … have been sequenced with sufficient resolution to analyze their structure. Scientists found both a gene likely important for …