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Evolution of a multi‐step phosphorelay signal transduction system in Ensifer: recruitment of the sigma factor RpoN and a novel enhancer‐binding protein triggers acid‐activated gene expression
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A novel open-source cultivation system helps establish the first full cycle chemosynthetic symbiosis model system involving the giant ciliate Zoothamnium niveum
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The genome sequence of Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis reveals adaptations for milk utilization within the infant microbiome
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What Happens To a Rainforest When You Dial Up Drought?
Rainforests store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil microbes play a key role in pulling that …
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A Natural Mechanism Can Turbocharge Viral Evolution
… ago, a team discovered a group of viruses that had in their genomes a surprising tool: a “diversity generating … these DGRs. DGRs were found in single microbial and viral genomes, as well as genomes sampled all at once from the same environment, called metagenomes. Why? Simon …
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Genome-informed Bradyrhizobium taxonomy: where to from here?
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Power in isolation: insights from single cells
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mSphere of Influence: the View from the Microbiologists of the Future
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Approved Proposals
… below to view a downloadable pdf of accepted proposals from previous fiscal years for our Community Science Program …
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Preferential retention of genes from one parental genome after polyploidy illustrates the nature and scope of the genomic conflicts induced by hybridization
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Better Genome Editing for Bioenergy
Department of Energy’s goal of producing sustainable fuels from alternative sources. Moreover, the team says the … The team was thus able to measure sgRNA effectiveness from its lethality and choose only the most reliable sgRNAs … N00014-15-1-2785 . JW acknowledges additional support from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research …
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Functional Signatures of the Epiphytic Prokaryotic Microbiome of Agaves and Cacti
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