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Better Genome Editing for Bioenergy
… part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful, high-throughput gene-editing tool that can help scientists engineer … to snip — but not all guides are effective. To ensure the gene editing tool will make the right cut, researchers …
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The Structure of CcmP, a Tandem Bacterial Microcompartment Domain Protein from the β-Carboxysome, Forms a Subcompartment Within a Microcompartment
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Identification of Cellulose-Responsive Bacterial and Fungal Communities in Geographically and Edaphically Different Soils by Using Stable Isotope Probing
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Adaptation to herbivory by the Tammar wallaby includes bacterial and glycoside hydrolase profiles different from other herbivores
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Large‐scale cultivation of the bumblebee gut microbiota reveals an underestimated bacterial species diversity capable of pathogen inhibition
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Genomic Features Predict Bacterial Life History Strategies in Soil, as Identified by Metagenomic Stable Isotope Probing
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Climate change-related warming reduces thermal sensitivity and modifies metabolic activity of coastal benthic bacterial communities
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Bacterial response to the 2021 Orange County, California, oil spill was episodic but subtle relative to natural fluctuations.
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Evolution of a multi‐step phosphorelay signal transduction system in Ensifer: recruitment of the sigma factor RpoN and a novel enhancer‐binding protein triggers acid‐activated gene expression
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A Synthetic Gene Library Yields a Previously Unknown Glycoside Phosphorylase That Degrades and Assembles Poly-β-1,3-GlcNAc, Completing the Suite of β‑Linked GlcNAc Polysaccharides
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Fine-scale evaluation of two standard 16S rRNA gene amplicon primer pairs for analysis of total prokaryotes and archaeal nitrifiers in differently managed soils
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iPHoP: A Matchmaker for Phages and their Hosts
…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are … in all kinds of ecosystems. However, matching these viral genetic sequences to their hosts is crucial to understanding … microbial communities. One day, these phages could boost plant-microbe interactions, nutrient cycling, or carbon …
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