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… Congratulations to Susannah Tringe , one of eight scientists and engineers who received … was recognized for “advances in sequence-based studies of microbial assemblies, revealing the roles of microbial communities in carbon cycling, in interactions …

… Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes … 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 of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single drop of water could outnumber a small city’s … noted study senior author  Tanja Woyke , who heads JGI’s  Microbial Program . The team mined more than 8,500 publicly … and the Georgia Institute of Technology focused on microbial communities from freshwater ecosystems, including, …

… Analysis of haloarchaeal metagenomes broadens understanding of Antarctic biogeography. The Science Haloarchaea … adapt from marine to hypersaline conditions by studying the microbial communities in Antarctic lakes, some of which have … understand how they’ve adapted to these conditions, information that could have biotechnological applications. The …

… Microbial communities living near hydrothermal deep-sea vents hold vast potential for … these vents, and underwater volcanoes,  researchers studied microbial communities across five oceanic regions. In doing … and DBI-2047598 to K.A. We thank the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (Community Science Program award 339, …

… 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 crops more efficiently in the future, …

… and genomics to study endosymbiotic associations within microbial eukaryotes. He hopes to broaden our understanding of the roles these associations play in the evolutionary …

… High-throughput stable isotope probing helps ID novel interactions between bacteria and fungi … 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 …