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… site. The chemical PCE (perchloroethylene) found its way into the groundwater of several communities in New Mexico via … mccartyi and  Dehalobacter restrictus,  that work together to break down PCE into the chemical compound ethene. …

… Researchers looked across many organisms to see that aminotransferase enzymes have evolved … — creating many different ways of processing nitrogen. To boost crops more efficiently in the future, the … The way that plants process nutrients has a rich back story — they rely on enzymes that have been evolving for …

… fungi are part of the genus Lentinula, which have evolved to decompose hardwoods on every continent besides Europe and … samples, this study also tracks the enzymes these fungi use to break down wood, and compares genetic diversity between … Impact Lentinula mushrooms are white rot fungi, belonging to an elite group of decomposers that can break down all of …

… Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a … polymorpha. Commonly known as liverwort, this was done to gain insights into gene families involved in adaptations seen in later plant … and from the FRM/FSER (FRM/FSER202302017064) to P.-M.D., from the CNRS to P.-M.D. and H.P. (80|PRIME …

… ditched their flagella and other traits when migrating back to the ocean. The Science Scientists have discovered … were lost in other forms of  Chloroflexota that adapted to marine environments hundreds of millions of years ago.  … that act like tiny natural engineers with special skills to break down pollutants and recycle carbon. They were part …

… bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex polysaccharides. Honey bees are invaluable pollinators — cupids of the plant world facilitating the remixing … bacterial enzymes. Honey bees rely on their gut microbiota to produce these enzymes to break down polysaccharides. But …

… that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … plants can’t run away, they’ve evolved these really tough cell wall materials that keep microbes — and the … an assistant professor at the University of Delaware — is  building on this work to explore an enzymatic ‘toolbox’ of …

… portal, researchers have identified a virus protein tied to carbon cycling.  The Science Through a collaborative … User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Using 5,000 images of crystalized … in  a recent study in  Nature Communications , a chitosanase, is tied to carbon cycling and plays an important …

… user facilities—the  Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) and the  DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI)—have … Submitted proposals addressed one of the following focus topic areas: Biofuels and bioproducts, Biogeochemistry, and … researchers. A missing gene from this mutant library leads to photosynthetic defects, offering insights into how algal …

… for growth yet essential for survival, may now be easier to characterize following a proof-of-concept study in which … Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) is the leading tool for accurately editing genomes, its effectiveness has historically been limited due to the lack of robust tools …

… efficiency for users requiring multiple omics methods to examine microbial chemical production. The Science Soil bacteria in the genus Streptomyces are nature's chemical factories. They hold genetic … the team mapped how the bacterium redirects its energy, building blocks and regulatory machinery toward chemical …

… Reviews Microbiology column last year — and there’s more to come in 2020. Researchers at the U.S. Department of … User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, are sharing their expertise in environmental genomics … Program at the JGI, received a message from Andrea Du Toit, senior editor for  Nature Reviews Microbiology, with …