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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” … on its tail fibers to latch onto a specific target on the microbial cell’s membrane. Two decades ago, a team … diversity quickly, allowing these viruses to target new microbial prey. The Impact This research provides a much …

… 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 … understanding their adaptations offers insights into microbial evolution, as well as how Antarctic microbial …

… Microbial communities living near hydrothermal deep-sea … these vents, and underwater volcanoes,  researchers studied microbial communities across five oceanic regions. In doing … The bacteria, archaea and other microorganisms of the microbial communities around these vents survive in very …

… 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  … things like biomass and  biofuels . However, AMF and the microbial communities they inhabit are notoriously difficult … an arduous wet lab process. Typically, after incubating microbial communities with labeled food or water, the …

… 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 … continental-scale context for thousands of newly sampled microbial genomes from North American watersheds (Invited)” …

… JGI-supported project studying the world’s rivers and their microbial communities. He’s focusing on the Arkansas River … in how general environmental stressors, um, alter microbial biomass and then what the consequences are for the …

… Isotope Probing (SIP) is a powerful technique for studying microbial communities. These experiments can show which … 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 … 20% to 40% of the microbes are infected at any given time. Microbial viruses can thus have significant impacts on the …