A DNA editing tool adapted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists makes engineering microbes for everything from bioenergy production to plastics recycling easier and faster.
Biotechnology
Mar 28, 2023
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Marine microorganisms are considered as one of the most active parts in marine ecosystems. Utilizing marine microbial resources has become a key point in marine biotechnology. The biosynthesis of functional nanoparticles ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 21, 2023
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Even microorganisms do not live forever. However, the manner in which these tiny soil organisms die has an effect on the amount of carbon they leave behind. These are the latest results of a study carried out by microbiologist ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 9, 2023
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How do plants defend themselves against pathogenic microorganisms? This is a complex puzzle, of which a team of biologists from the University of Amsterdam has solved a new piece. The team, led by Harrold van den Burg, discovered ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 2, 2023
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A study published in The ISME Journal identified 522 genomes of archaea and bacteria associated with the roots and soil of two plant species native to the Brazilian montane savanna ecoregion known as campos rupestres ("rocky ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 23, 2023
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Isoprene is the world's most abundant biogenic volatile hydrocarbon, and its annual contribution to greenhouse gas emissions is similar to the carbon dioxide equivalent of methane. However, the degradation and transformation ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 13, 2023
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What defines us and other living organisms more strongly, genes or the environment? Only recently, researchers were able to prove experimentally that even microorganisms can be inherited from one plant generation to the next ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 5, 2022
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Bacteria, fungi, and microalgae—living things too small to be seen with the naked eye—are microorganisms that are commonly used for chemical production via their fermentation. The development of Mycoplasma mycoides in ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 30, 2022
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Microorganisms play an important role in regulating plant-herbivore interactions. However, research has mainly focused on the crops and generalist insects. In the obligate pollinating systems, the cheater visitors are rare, ...
Ecology
Nov 23, 2022
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From human intestines to the bottom of the sea, microorganisms populate nearly any habitat, no matter how hostile it is. Their great variety of survival strategies is of huge potential in biotechnology. Most of these organisms, ...
Biochemistry
Nov 22, 2022
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