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… discoveries toward the evolution of cellular complexity and microbial symbiosis. This is a continuation of the previous … cellular complexity, the tree of life, cultivation of new lineages and the function of candidate lineages in … researchers to discover novel lineages of life and move from the identification of microbial novelty to assigning …
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The guest we have this week is Professor Cassandra Quave from Emory University, with joint appointments in the School … scientists to think about, because if you look at the 36 hotspots, or terrestrial biodiversity hotspots that we have … that we found, indeed, that both formulations had some antimicrobial properties. But the one that was used in …
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… direct biochemical datasets to improve our understanding of microbial metabolism. Of particular interest is …
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Metagenomic datasets could help map out microbial diversity hotspots Over the past few decades, advancements in … regulating global nutrient cycles. The information gained from understanding the interactions between microbes, hosts, …
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… and the environment. At its core, the program investigates photosynthesis — the process that transforms solar energy … agricultural productivity. Research spans diverse areas — from understanding how terrestrial plants and phytoplankton … development of complex biomolecules — which can include antimicrobial and anti-pest compounds. The program is working …
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… genomic information using minute quantities of DNA derived from individual environmental cells. The proof of principle … and offered a way for researchers to study the planet’s microbial diversity, much of which remains unknown and … the larger research community a means to access microbial lineages from a variety of environments. In 2017, the first …
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Niel Prize, the committee recognized Woyke as a pioneer in uncovering the hidden diversity of “microbial dark matter”–that uncultured and unknown majority …
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… recent studies now suggest the gene cluster predates this microbial group. Recently published in the Proceedings of … user facility, report the discovery of a novel archaeum from a hot spring that has the genetic machinery to perform … ancestor of the Euryarchaeota and Verstraetearchaeota lineages. The archaeal genome was detected in samples …
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