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… how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The Science The … of how a fundamental mechanism of evolution — DGRs — allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. It also sheds … prove to be powerful tools not only for viruses and other microbes , but for scientists. One emerging industry …

… in: sustainable biofuel and bioproducts production, global carbon and nutrient cycling, and biogeochemistry. You can … understanding natural communities important for carbon storage, nutrient cycling, and climate change; and …

… a renewable energy future? Can they help lock away more carbon? Xiaohan Yang, a scientist at Oak Ridge National …

More importantly, when faced with a veritable buffet of carbon sources, these fungi detect which complex chains are … the gene regulatory networks as they responded to available carbon sources, which ranged from simple sugars to plant … factors to better understand how nutrients are acquired and carbon is metabolized in filamentous fungi. The work also …

Dr. Cole’s research focus has been on understanding how microbes can colonize plant roots, focusing on genetic …

… evolved these really tough cell wall materials that keep microbes — and the enzymes that would be produced by … they all process loads of tough plants. Thanks to gut microbes — namely, anaerobic fungi — these animals are able … . In an herbivore’s poop sample, there’s a whole heap of microbes, each potentially contributing to powerful biomass …

… and characterize genomic information from uncultivated microbes and viruses. Prior to joining the JGI, she was a …

… assemblies, revealing the roles of microbial communities in carbon cycling, in interactions with plants, and as drivers …

… 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 … were subjected to one of three conditions during their lifecycles. In the pre-flowering drought condition, no water was …

To set up flexible, repeatable experiments on plants and microbes, Trent Northen’s group at Berkeley Lab created a …

Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes of that lake for over 20 years, to understand how …