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… a method that allows researchers to quickly modify diverse bacterial genomes. In 2019, the JGI’s Yasuo Yoshikuni and … BGC molecules in the lab. By engineering domesticated close relatives with the BGCs, JGI scientists could relieve BGCs … allowing the team to model the competition dynamics between different synthetic  E. coli strains in co-culture. …

A deep dive into microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of four ecologically distinct groups with different lifestyles. The Science The bacterium SAR324 is … at different depths. But SAR324 can be found throughout the water column, from the warm, well-lit surface, to the …

… in their natural environments. This work encompasses bacteria, archaea, and micro-eukaryoes, along with their …

… focused on human health, food/animal agriculture, wastewater treatment, or bioremediation of organics will not be considered. Projects targeting marine systems must clearly demonstrate relevance and translatability to freshwater, coastal or terrestrial systems. Additional …

Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi … trees, and microbial activity teems beneath your feet. Both bacteria and fungi have genes that can break down plant … bacterial enzymes. Yet, they found proteomic data told a different story: fungal enzymes actually outnumbered …

… particularly sigma factors that initiate transcription in bacteria. Using this technology, which combines an in vitro … expand the known transcriptional regulatory network in bacteria, enabling the discovery of regulatory cascades as … with functions like stress responses and cellular differentiation. The tough part is identifying the set of …

… all refer to the chemicals that make species unique and different from one another. They are incredibly important to …