Microbial Dehalogenase Genes Split into Mobile Respiratory Loci and a Vast Resident Reservoir
A genomic survey of thousands of bacterial and archaeal genomes shows that reductive dehalogenase genes split into a highly mobile ...
Tag: microbial ecology
Hidden Microbes May Turn Himalayan Glacier Lakes Into Potent Methane Factories
A new study of Tibetan Plateau proglacial lakes shows that seasonal shifts in methane-producing and methane-consuming microbes control whether these ...
Microbial Network Rewiring Gives Invasive Marsh Grass Its Edge
New research shows that the invasive cordgrass Spartina anglica outcompetes its native relative not by recruiting different microbes, but by ...
Bacterial Functions, Not Species Names, Decide Who Wins a Place on Plant Roots
A large synthetic community study shows that plant roots recruit bacteria based on functional capacities rather than taxonomy, identifying 266 ...
Forest Soil Antibiotic Resistance Genes Prove Stubbornly Stable When Leaf Litter Is Removed
A metagenomic study of Chinese forest soils finds that removing leaf litter changes soil nutrients but leaves antibiotic resistance genes ...
Hidden Cyanobacteria That Harvest Far-Red Light Revealed in Taiwan’s Hot Springs
A validated 16S rRNA gene framework has revealed that far-red light-utilizing cyanobacteria in Taiwan's hot springs favor higher pH and ...
DartUniFrac Brings Megascale Computing to Microbiome Diversity Analysis
A new high-performance tool called DartUniFrac enables phylogenetic microbiome diversity analysis at unprecedented scale, overcoming the computational limits of classical ...
Microbes’ Energy Budget, Not Carbon Supply, Governs How Much Carbon Soils Can Store
A global analysis shows that soil carbon storage is controlled less by the amount of carbon entering soils and more ...
New Software Sharpens the Hunt for Microbes That Devour Toxic Fuel Pollutants
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed BTEXgenie, a curated hidden Markov model-based tool that dramatically improves substrate-specific annotation of ...
Ocean Microbes Hold the Key to Earth’s Climate Future, Scientists Warn
The launch of a new open-access journal highlights how marine microbes regulate Earth's climate and biogeochemical cycles even as warming, ...
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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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