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… — a then-novel approach which allows scientists to study microorganisms that can’t be cultured by analyzing and then … vital to facilitate the assembly of small DNA fragments into larger and coherent pieces called contigs — into genes and even into genomes — from these environmental …

… and evaluates multiple predictions to reliably match viruses with their archaea and bacteria hosts.  Jeremy …

… including the tropics, tend to be dominated by prokaryotes (microorganisms without a defined nucleus). Colder waters … research cruises, they dipped their self-closing containers into sea water to sample algal communities along transects … across the global ocean. Instead, they sharply delineated into two big geographical groups: those in colder, polar …

… in the ocean; this affects the growth and survival of the microorganisms that live there.  A  Communications Biology …

… to past climate change will provide unprecedented insight into the mechanisms that perennial grasses have and will use … New findings from this line of research combined with past insights will allow the identification of potentially novel …

… to their economies. It also plays an important role in soil health through nitrogen-fixation and holds clues for … seemingly humble common bean has fueled further research into disease tolerance in crops, drought- and … to go out and collect wood to cook, not just like walking into your kitchen,” McClean said. “…The less you have to do …

… keep microbes — and the enzymes that would be produced by microorganisms — out,” said JGI user/collaborator Michelle … able to provide tools beyond biomass breakdown, extending into biochemical production.    Over time, as these projects have delivered results, they have also snowballed into more collaborations. One of O’Malley’s former postdocs, …

Sphagnome data would enable researchers’ insights on their potential carbon cycling impact.   The … estimate that they hold about 25 percent of the world’s soil carbon. In high latitudes, sphagnum can also act as a …

… of drooping stalks and cracked earth are becoming common images in many regions due to more extreme weather events … grass that adroitly handles droughts, floods and poor soils. This is the first paper that describes sorghum’s … conditions, and then collected root, leaf and rhizosphere (soil surrounding the root) samples from the plants at the …