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As SIP experiments shed more light on microbial communities than ever before — especially with … this to untangle which microbes ate the compound and how much they ate.  These analyses provide granular insight into … a  Minimum Information for any Stable Isotope Probing Sequence (MISIP) . They differentiate between required …

Open Green Genomes hits milestone with C. richardii The Science Fern genomes are huge, and … evolution and rapid changes in both genome content and structure following a genome duplication event that occured … richardii marks the first published manuscript of a genome sequence generated through the OGG. For a long time, C-fern …

DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant viruses. Virophages are small viruses with … increased the number of known high quality virophage genome sequences 10-fold through computational approaches. By … they were able to identify 44,221 total virophage partial sequences, including over 28,000 unique MCP sequences.  …

Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary … under laboratory conditions, their genomes can’t be sequenced using traditional approaches. Identifying and … called metagenome binning, we were able to reconstruct thousands of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) …

… polar oceans give rise to some of the largest food webs on Earth. And at their base are microscopic, photosynthetic algae. But human-induced climate change , a new study suggests, is displacing … than previously suspected. “That would cause significant consequences on the entire food web, and therefore ecosystem …

… in China and involving Francis Martin from the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) in France and Igor … to acquire carbon from lignocellulosic-abundant matters such as plant litter and to incorporate the assimilated … M. importuna CCBAS932 from the forests of France, were sequenced and annotated by a collaborative team. The genome …

… team  announced in  Nature Microbiology an important addition to the synthetic biologist’s toolkit: a technique for  c … versatile engineering system that allows scientists to conduct genome-wide screens and explore biosynthetic pathway. … domesticate some 60 strains, inserting into them a genetic sequence that acts as a “landing pad.” Mouncey adds, “Once …

Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking … Science Walk in a temperate forest filled with Norway spruce trees, and microbial activity teems beneath your feet. … So, to be able to identify proteins, the team compiled DNA sequences (metagenomes) and messenger RNA sequences …

… single drop of water could outnumber a small city’s population, the number of viruses in the same drop—the vast majority … everywhere, comparatively little is known about viruses, much less those considered large and giant. In a recent … genomes of uncultivated giant viruses from environmental sequences across the globe, then using these sequences to …

… a member of JGI’s Sample Management Group, attended a conference in Florida to discuss a JGI pilot project … second year A-Level Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE) Biology class at Florida’s Boca Raton … samples to the JGI for sequencing.  While JGI processed, sequenced, and analyzed the soil samples, the JGI offered 7 …

Identify Novel Archaeal Methane Metabolism. Methane-producing archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over half the total … the microbes into small pools of cells that were then sequenced separately. From these samples, 111 …

… genus Lentinula, which have evolved to decompose hardwoods on every continent besides Europe and Antarctica. A  new … mushroom genomes, and assembling genomes from 60 existing sequences, this work expands the family tree for Lentinula. … for converting plant waste into sugars for  biofuel production. Additionally, these fungi play a role in the global  …