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Genome-Wide Association Studies across Environmental and Genetic Contexts Reveal Complex Genetic Architecture of Symbiotic Extended Phenotypes

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Cataloging the Microbes that Manage the Health of River Systems

… Database provides details on river microbes in 90% of US continental watersheds. The Science In a recent Nature paper , researchers describe a dataset of microbial genomes sampled from rivers covering 90% of the watersheds … work was partially supported by awards from US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, Office of Biological and …

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Contrasting Community Assembly Forces Drive Microbial Structural and Potential Functional Responses to Precipitation in an Incipient Soil System

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Comparison of short-read and long-read metagenome assemblies in a natural soil community highlights systematic bias in recovery of high-diversity populations

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A Cost-Efficient Way to Convert Yeast into a Cell Factory for Hydroxyapatite

… Communications , researchers describe a strategy to recover high value products from human waste. They genetically modified yeast to efficiently convert elements … hydroxyapatite, a high-value biomaterial with a wide range of industrial applications. The team was led by researchers …

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Genomes of 13 domesticated and wild rice relatives highlight genetic conservation, turnover and innovation across the genus Oryza

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Comparative genomics of the white-rot fungi, Phanerochaete carnosa and P. chrysosporium, to elucidate the genetic basis of the distinct wood types they colonize

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High functional diversity among Nitrospira populations that dominate rotating biological contactor microbial communities in a municipal wastewater treatment plant

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H2-saturation of high affinity H2-oxidizing bacteria alters the ecological niche of soil microorganisms unevenly among taxonomic groups

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Characterization of the Clostridium thermocellum AdhE, NfnAB, ferredoxin and Pfor proteins for their ability to support high titer ethanol production in Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum

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Genetic determinants of endophytism in the Arabidopsis root mycobiome