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… from isolates and single cells. This effort uncovers novel genes, protein families, and pathways, enhancing our … host taxonomy, conjugation potential, antibiotic resistance genes, and ecosystem information. … The IMG/VR database …

… to test that hypothesis through site-directed mutagenesis, we would end up with dead enzymes. So often, when …

… genomics existed. This is before we’re even thinking of genes and connecting genes to molecules, which is something that, you know, we … I was talking with them, it was more of, you know, “We’re testing them. We think they’re close to being deployed.” But …

… that can’t live without their host. They have no extra genes hanging around, they still dedicate 20-30% of their … with JGI to do genome sequencing, so to look for the genes that are involved in putting antibiotics together, … how biosynthetic gene clusters – those are those suites of genes involved in making antibiotics and secondary …

… think having assays that are amenable to – high-throughput testing is really important for us. In this particular case, … lab, we’re preparing the drugs, the master plates for testing. In the micro lab, we’re screening. Once we have … should they pass the next steps in terms of live virus testing. So having that ability and willingness to …

… huge amount of natural diversity and say, ‘Yeah, there are genes out there that affect this phenotype.’”  Results from … in a natural population. Not very many of these shattering genes have been discovered that let a plant go all the way … varies widely between crops, Kellogg added, and shattering genes may be specific to species or groups of species.  The …