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… The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” morphology, this means using proteins on its tail fibers to latch onto a specific target on the microbial cell’s membrane. Two decades ago, a team …

… cells harbored mobile genetic elements that were missed within paired metagenome assembled genomes (MAGs), and that … of bioinformatics tools for  extracting snippets of microbial genomes directly from environmental sequence data, … ago, a candidate bacterial lineage was identified from microbial and metagenome sequence data sets generated from a …

… adapt from marine to hypersaline conditions by studying the microbial communities in Antarctic lakes, some of which have … haloarchaea and the structure and extent of the Antarctic microbial pan-genome. Since these microbes thrive under … on Antarctica distinct and unique. In collaboration with the DOE Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… Microbial communities living near hydrothermal deep-sea … these vents, and underwater volcanoes,  researchers studied microbial communities across five oceanic regions. In doing … seeps through cracks in the Earth’s crust and reacts with very hot rocks below, becoming an extremely hot, …

… Tomas uses traditional cultivation methods along with microscopy and genomics to study endosymbiotic associations within microbial eukaryotes. He hopes to broaden our understanding …

… how they’d used metagenomics to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. The data from that study is now used across …

… automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial communities, with results published in the  November 2022 issue … things like biomass and  biofuels . However, AMF and the microbial communities they inhabit are notoriously difficult …

… This year the AGU Fall Meeting, with the theme “Science is Society,” hosts sessions in New … on Intensive Agricultural Lands Changes Nitrogen Cycling Microbial Communities and Reduces N2O Production Potential … A finely tuned, time-resolved analysis of viral and microbial communities in the Erpe river” 8:30am Convention …

… Earth’s surface is reconstructed by combining a study of microbial communities (metagenomics) and a chemical … and dominant populations in oxygen-poor environments without oxygen deep below ground. These archaea fix carbon … that indicate repelled attempts to infect and lyse the microbial cells. This demonstration of the virus-host arms …

… Isotope Probing (SIP) is a powerful technique for studying microbial communities. These experiments can show which … are handling specific nutrients, or what they're doing with those nutrients, and even how quickly. But there's a … reusable, and more insightful, for the future of studying microbial communities.   …

… Microbial cells infected by viruses undergo metabolic … microbes, the answer is no. They refer to the infected microbial cells as virocells, a change in name first … outcomes of these infections can affect the interactions within their ecosystems. Summary Microbes drive the energy …

… for Microbiology (ASM). Roux leads the Viral Genomics group within the JGI Metagenome Program, and coordinates the … and management best practices that have advanced the microbial sciences. The Prize also recognizes innovative and … has changed our understanding of the microbiome and the microbial sciences field. Roux will be recognized at the …