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A deep dive into microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of four ecologically distinct groups with different lifestyles. The Science The …

Ian Gilman, Louis Graf, Yuxi Guo, Shaomei He, Vayu Hill- Maini, Forrest Lefler, Pok Man (Bob) Leung and Huang Li; … and Mar Schmidt; [bottom] Cody Spiegel, James Tan, Emma Timmins-Schiffman, Andressa M. Venturini, Valentin Waschulin, … plant interactions across unique ecosystems, from alpine soils to tropical glaciers.  Proposals are accepted …

The DOE Joint Genome Institute hosted the hybrid “NeLLi 2023 Symposium” delving into the most recent expansions of the Tree of Life and … This symposium series will provide an overview of the bacterial, archaeal and microeukaryote diversity cataloged …

Collaboratory encourages user engagement. The Science In addition to the core set of "primary metabolites"—chemical compounds shared by most living creatures for energy, growth and reproduction—most … BGC sequence data from over 1.3 million publicly available bacterial and archaeal genome and contig sources.  The …

A “bait and hook” single-cell genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science … shotgun sequencing. The team first tested the approach on bacterial laboratory models to set a reference for its … a new genus level member of the novel candidate phylum Goldbacteria. They’ve proposed the name  Candidatus …

How sex chromosomes “older than dinosaurs” could help improve crop yields.  The Science The … sequences of the male and female plants, each representing a single set of chromosomes, are available. The genome … ran the gamut of sequencing technologies, from making a bacterial artificial chromosome library to long-read …

… forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in virtually all of Earth’s ecosystems. A software tool  recently described in  Nature Biotechnology  called geNomad identifies and … that happen between tiny organisms (microbes) located in soils and water. MGEs like viruses and plasmids drive …

Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A … abilities to adapt to extreme environments such as poor soils and drought. The reference genome for  M. sinensis,  …

… of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant … wasn’t quite accurate, and maybe anaerobic fungi living in soils or the guts of livestock were more capable than …

… a team has comprehensively described host-virus dynamics in a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among … sample — a small proportion of the sample’s billions of bacterial and archaeal cells — and detected the virus in 34 …

Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A … abilities to adapt to extreme environments such as poor soils and drought. The reference genome for M. sinensis, and …