Scientists Turn Fragmented Microbial DNA Into New Antibiotic and Cancer Drug Leads
Researchers have developed a strategy that uses known biosynthetic gene clusters as guides to reconstruct fragmented metagenomic data and prioritize ...
Tag: metagenomics
Gut Fungi Leave a Distinct Signature in Gout, Metagenomic Study Finds
A reanalysis of 307 fecal metagenomic samples reveals that gout patients carry distinct gut fungal signatures linked to bacterial communities ...
Hot Spring Metagenome Yields P450 Enzyme Frozen Mid-Breath With Oxygen on Board
A novel cytochrome P450 enzyme recovered from an Australian hot spring metagenome has been crystallised with molecular oxygen bound to ...
Sperm-Triggered Hybrid Trick Reshapes Gut Microbes and Sugar Metabolism in Gynogenetic Bream
A new BMC Genomics study shows that gynogenetic blunt snout bream produced with Chinese perch sperm display enhanced digestive enzymes, ...
Three Fungi Team Up to Turn Corn Straw Into a Wheat Growth Booster
A Chinese research team found that a three-fungus consortium of Trichoderma reesei, Aspergillus niger, and Neurospora crassa accelerates corn straw ...
Seagrass Survives Coastal Pollution by Splitting Microbial Labor Between Root Zones
A field study along a tropical nutrient and sulfide gradient shows that seagrasses reconfigure root exudates and compartmentalize microbial functions ...
Citrus Compounds Hesperetin and Naringenin Reshape the Oral Microbiome Linked to Childhood Tooth Decay
An exploratory metagenomic study found that the citrus flavonoids hesperetin and naringenin broadly remodeled the taxonomic and functional gene profile ...
Peer Bork, computational biology pioneer who mapped life’s networks, dies at 62
Computational biology pioneer Peer Bork, who shaped protein network analysis, microbiome research and the TREC coastal ecosystems project, has died ...
Gut Fungi of the Giant African Snail Shift Dramatically Across Its Life Stages
A new metagenomic study reveals that the gut fungal communities of the invasive giant African snail, an intermediate host of ...
Seaweed in Fish Feed Rewires the Gut Microbiome to Boost Amino Acid Metabolism
A multi-omics study shows that supplementing grass carp feed with macroalgae, especially Sargassum hemiphyllum, enriches gut Shewanella bacteria that enhance ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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