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… adopted new technologies, and made a few discoveries about the microbial mat denizens.  …

… messenger RNA, which encodes a single protein. Recently reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , a team of researchers has found numerous examples of polycistronic expression – in which two or … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The Science Maize ( Zea mays … scientists a bigger bang for their buck. The research team reports that transferring just four genes encoding these … as  Sorghum bicolor — a  candidate bioenergy feedstock and  JGI Flagship Plant — could produce at least 15 zealexins. …

… they need to survive. To fill in their nutrient gaps, they must latch onto a larger host — often, a fellow archaeal … cycling across the planet. Summary To understand more about how archaeal hosts and hitchhikers coexist, … Area funded by the US Department of Energy (DE-AC02-05CH11231 to J.F.B.). The work ( proposal doi: …

… detrimental microbial pathogens, and associated viruses that all contribute to a dynamic ecosystem. We are … 10.1038/s41477-024-01666-3 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112676 10.1016/j.devcel.2022.01.008 10.1038/s42003-021-02477-4 …