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… sorting (FACS) to sort cells into several small pools before sequencing to recover rare microbes. The technique was … paper, uncovering giant virus sequences in soil for the first time. A second approach known as DNA stable … Eloe-Fadrosh’s Environmental Genomics group, makes a pitch for readers to get involved in the developing field of virus …

… products and their derivatives during her Ph.D. in Microbiology at the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen (Germany), … was the symbiont community of a gutless oligochaete for which she deciphered function and host-symbiont … an Adjunct Scientist appointment at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences since 2012 and an Adjunct Professor at …

… nearly 100,000 single root cells and combining the information with previously published datasets. The work was  … of single-cell datasets in plants and provides a foundation for still larger efforts in diverse plant species beyond models,” he said. Cole … address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …

… unique makeup of microbe players and the functions they perform, artificially replicating a whole community is … each individual microbial species within a community. Therefore, the process hinges on referencing to existing genome … were typically discarded from any analysis as useless information. These represent the ‘unknown unknowns’ because …

… Together, these teams provide analysis support and R&D for production and user science. He received his Ph.D. from … 85(18):e01210-19 Price et al 2018. Mutant phenotypes for thousands of bacterial genes of unknown function. Nature … Wellcome Trust Prize studentship Editorial board member for Scientific Reports …

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… discovery pipeline and enrichment metagenomics for terrestrial protists. These approaches enable novel … of Applied Sciences Mannheim (Germany) M.Sc. Molecular Microbiology, University of Vienna (Austria) PhD Microbial Ecology and Bioinformatics, University of Vienna (Austria) …

… fresh organic carbon which can serve as a food source for other microbes into the environment. Summary In J. R. R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings,” the Hornburg fortress had withstood all attacks – until the Battle of … Their genomes include short DNA sequences that code for CRISPR systems, which help bacteria resist foreign …

… in the next generation of flowering vegetation. In return for their services, bees eat plant nectar and pollen. Nectar … carries out its helpful metabolism: who’s responsible for what biochemical processes? Now, an international team … Bifidobacterium  are able to carry out this metabolic feat. For both clades, then, strains are variable in their …

… advances in sequencing technologies applied to the effort. The Impact Found on all continents, including … could lead to the discovery of genes that could be used for multiple biotechnological applications. These … an answer to the question, “Why bother keeping this?” For Stuart McDaniel’s lab at the University of Florida, an …

… the microbial community involved in a bioremediation effort. The Science In 1999, the Environmental Protection … and Liability Act (CERCLA) was enacted by Congress in 1980 for Superfund sites which are hazardous waste areas that … environmental management, contributing to bioremediation efforts for decades. Identifying resident microbes that can …

… new ecological habitat. The Science By comparing genetic information from similar organisms, researchers have gained … rot Serpula lacrymans towards breaking down plant mass for conversion to sustainable, alternative biofuels and … is typically found in spruce and other conifers in boreal forests. As these trees were harvested for constructing …