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… diverse new virophage genomes containing all four core genes. These virophages were found in diverse habitats including the air, plant rhizosphere, wastewater, and even animal and human …

… the cotton fields look like popcorn is literally growing on plants, with fluffy white bolls bursting out of the green … annual economic impact of $500 billion worldwide underscores its value and importance in the fabric of our lives. … Genetics include Jane Grimwood and Jeremy Schmutz of JGI’s  Plant Program , both faculty investigators at the …

… ‘Dark Matter’ Microbial communities living everywhere from soils and stomachs to the deep sea are capable of doing a … families preferred a specific environment — whether that be soil, animal hosts, marine ecosystems, etc.  “So, they must … now can use further. Let’s say somebody is working on soil environments or the human body — they may take some of …

… Rumen microbes have the ability to break down hardy plant cell walls and therefore hold clues to how humans … one of the challenges of developing alternative fuels from plants is the high cost and resource requirements of …

… Duerkop BA, et al. (2018) Murine colitis reveals a disease-associated bacteriophage community.  Nat Microbiol. …

… and decide on the order in which this fungus breaks down plant cell wall materials including lignin, cellulose and … for filamentous fungi, all of which contain a wide array of plant cell-wall degrading enzymes (PCWDEs) that allow them … the wide array of simple and complex components present in plant biomass. This is of interest for bioenergy researchers …

… a regulator of lipid metabolism in microalgae .  Nature Plants 1: 15107 Lupiáñez DG, Kraft K, Heinrich V, Krawitz P, … De novo transcriptome assembly of drought tolerant CAM plants, Agave deserti and Agave tequilana. BMC Genomics  14, …

… orange ripens only bitter, intensely sour fruit. Yet this plant, native to China and now disseminated around the … are senior authors of the  recent study published in  The Plant Journal.  this study included the discovery of … to citrus greening disease. Trifoliate orange may be a plant of bitter fruit, yet sweet are its genetic secrets. …