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Metagenomic datasets could help map out microbial diversity hotspots Over the past few decades, advancements … “It’s a reminder of the urgency to cultivate new microbial species.” Targeted Explorations for Understanding the … improve their chances of recovering specific isolate species for culture. “We’ve drawn out the treasure map,” she …

… the world, resulting in a five-fold increase of RNA virus diversity. “The world of viruses around us is vast, and we … While most organism’s genetic information is encoded in DNA, with RNA delivering the instructions inside DNA to the … RNA,” Roux noted, “although it’s unclear why this is so rarely detected.” Developing Approaches for Reconciling …

… genes are encoded on a single molecule of mRNA – in two species of green algae, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and … zofingiensis . “I was scrutinizing the genes of one of our species of algae and kept seeing what looked like mistakes …

… lots of fungi around. Within a forest’s soil, hundreds of species decompose debris, mobilize nutrients from that … and Environment (INRAE). Remarkable Similarity Despite Vast Diversity For this study, researchers collected soil samples … who nominated species for sequencing and then sent DNA and RNA samples to JGI,” Grigoriev said. All of these …

Summary Eelgrass is unique in that there are not many species able to occupy the regions where eelgrass … a genetic clock based on its divergence with a  different species. However, eelgrass didn’t have a reliable … for all global populations of eelgrass used in the study to reveal colonization events.  Looking ahead, scientists can …