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… Database provides details on river microbes in 90% of US continental watersheds. The Science In a recent Nature paper , researchers describe a dataset of microbial genomes sampled from rivers covering 90% of the … work was partially supported by awards from US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, Office of Biological and …

… and predictive biology, modeling and biodesign — questions of relevance to DOE’s Biological and Environmental Research … While applications will be accepted that address any aspect of these mission areas, priority will be given to projects that address the areas of special emphasis that are listed in the call and leverage …

… Novel study looks at microbiomes in aerial surfaces of plants and their roles in plant health and environmental … The phyllosphere, which is known as the aerial surface of plants, is a comparatively understudied area of forest … conifer needle microbiomes. The survey showed what these microbes are equipped to do on the leaf surface. More …

… early Earth conditions. The Science Through a combination of sequencing tools and techniques applied to samples … discovered and characterized a novel phylum-level lineage of archaea with at least two major subgroups dubbed … conditions. Additionally, high-temperature (thermophilic) microbes are of interest for their potential use in number …