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… Researchers looked across many organisms to see that aminotransferase enzymes have evolved mix-and-match characteristics — creating many different ways of processing nitrogen. To boost … plant, fungi and animal. This analysis led them to identify 2,938 putative AT  genes. Within the AT genes identified …

… By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, … create the air we breathe and the fuel for food webs as they turn carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and … and longtime JGI collaborator Sabeeha Merchant’s group. In 2011, they inventoried a swath of blueprints to find parts …

… Maureen is currently developing new high-resolution and high-throughput methods to link uncultivated viruses to their host. With these new … our understanding of the roles that viruses play in their ecosystems, particularly in freshwater ecosystems. …

… a team has comprehensively described host-virus dynamics in a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, … turnover of microbial prey, and thus able to influence the metabolic rate of microbial communities. Because microbial … team thinks that the piggybacking strategy makes sense in a terrestrial environment with low mobility. The metagenomic …