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… diversity, understand the role of viruses in natural ecosystems, and functionally explore viral genetic diversity …

… could help inform efforts at bioengineering symbiotic microbial consortia for bioenergy crops. And because lichens … carbon and nitrogen fixers in alpine and high latitude ecosystems, deciphering their internal molecular mechanisms can …

… then co-culturing isolated viruses in eukaryotic  microbial hosts. Lately, researchers have used …

… The products of photosynthesis are easy to point out. Plants, algae and cyanobacteria create the air we breathe … initial target was a family of proteins that appeared in plants and algae and contained a similar region —  a domain … carbon cycles. Given that similar protein domains exist in plants and algae, these findings could pave the way for …

… species to answer questions about how they break down plant materials, which could be useful for industrial … sequencing and computational analysis that enable systems-based scientific approaches to these challenges.  …

… By leveraging metagenomics to sample the entirety of a microbial community out in its natural environment, … research of these newly found methanogens  in diverse ecosystems with  support from a DOE Established Program to … sequencing and computational analysis that enable systems-based scientific approaches to these challenges.  …

… are the VIPs. They’re feasting on the compounds that plants secrete through their roots, creating a lively zone …

… Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses — to …