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… issue of Nature, the study highlights the vast functional diversity of microbes by looking at protein function within … ability to break down lignin , the hardiest of plant components and a key barrier when breaking down biomass. He was … on a study which identified new genomes highlighting the diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula. Dan …

… of archaea called  Euryarchaeota . These ancient, single-celled organisms thrive in most  environments devoid of … .  Researchers started by collecting samples from Yellowstone’s hot springs, an extreme environment with low genetic diversity that would help narrow down potential sources of …

… is not surprising at all.  In fact, even in non-pandemic times such viruses are well known to play major roles in a … influence on earth’s carbon and nitrogen cycles. Currently one of the best ways to study such viruses is by sequencing … to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …

… With more than 13 million BGCs in the catalog at the time of publication, it is the largest repository of BGC … and viral BGC sequences. Expansion of the SMC to include fungal, plant, viral, and metagenome data is currently …

… global RNA virome reveals diverse clades of bacteriophages. Cell . 185(21):4023-4037 Nayfach S, et al. … 2021. A global metagenomic map of urban microbiomes and antimicrobial resistance. Cell . 8674:00585-7. Nayfach S et … Mol Cell . S1097-2765 Schulz F, et al. 2020. Giant virus diversity and host interactions through global metagenomics. …

… hit the scene in 2019. Now, that power is poised to grow exponentially by combining it with CRISPR.  By employing CRAGE, … a cre recombinase gene and mutually exclusive lox sites. Ultimately, this process enables researchers to identify … That work by JGI researchers was published April 2022 in Cell Chemical Biology . When it comes to insect killer P. …