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… uses single-cell genomics and metagenomics to explore how microbes influence people and the environment. This includes studying the diversity, physiology and community ecology of microbes sampled from the natural environment. …

… as “The Blob.” The event was recorded during a long-term study of microbial communities in the northeastern subarctic … predictive models on how climate change may impact marine microbes and by extension, the ocean’s capacity to act as a … saw populations shift. Smaller picoplankton and free-living microbes that can fix carbon dioxide replaced organic matter …

… he worked on computational and experimental approaches to study genome regulation in human and other vertebrate …

… between the analyzed community members. The Impact Though microbes help regulate the planet’s nutrient cycles and are … of tens of thousands of previously unknown and uncultivated microbes through metagenomics. Such techniques take … cannot be cultivated in the lab. What makes this particular study unique is the application of single cell genomics to a …

… to commandeer. For bacteriophage viruses, these hosts are microbes like bacteria, not humans. With metagenomic … Within the domains of archaea and bacteria, millions of  microbes govern ecosystems. These organisms carry out … viruses are constantly infecting and reprogramming these microbes. A better understanding of virus-host interactions …

… and  I. europaea  genomes sequenced and annotated for this study. The team found that, unlike pathogenic or mycorrhizal … communication between the plant and fungus. Discovering how microbes can influence plant physiology helps scientists …

Acids Res. 49(D1):D1004-D1011 Swift et al (2021) Anaerobic gut fungi are an untapped reservoir of natural products. … et al (2019) Transcriptomic atlas of mushroom development reveals conserved genes behind complex multicellularity in … 324: 268-272. Bowler C et al. The  Phaeodactylum genome reveals the dynamic nature and multi-lineage evolutionary …