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… determine if these fungi act as friends or foes. The Impact Microbial communities comprised of fungi and bacteria can … plants (endophytes). These include genes that degrade plant cell walls and break down plant sugars. The results also … and can efficiently colonize roots by degrading the plant cell wall component pectin. The results therefore predicted …

… some do not. “We can think about the ocean, naively, as a sort of homogeneous medium. In reality, it’s not — there is … point to this fundamental observation of cold and warm microbial networks, and just how clear and stark the … beneficial findings, like antibiotics, pharmaceuticals, and novel enzymes that function at low temperature.” said Katrin …

… Sequence-based studies — from metagenomics to single-cell work — have quickly accelerated understanding of giant … then co-culturing isolated viruses in eukaryotic  microbial hosts. Lately, researchers have used … In 2020, a JGI-led team used this approach to deliver novel viral genomes from freshwater, sewage, and marine …

… time in the field of genomics and JGI scientists are developing cutting edge technologies to answer our most … to an exceptional caliber of scientists.” For her project, “Microbial Community Structure and Methane Production in … utilized by researchers from a variety of disciplines who seek to better understand the ecological importance of …