New Metabolic Pathway Discovered in Methane-Consuming Bacteria
Opportunities emerge for using microbes to convert the gas to biofuels and other products.
Opportunities emerge for using microbes to convert the gas to biofuels and other products.
Altered stop codon allows E. coli strain to incorporate nonstandard amino acids.
Genome variability helps explain why Emiliania huxleyi canflourish in diverse ocean habitats.
Simulations and neutron diffraction reveal how amines disrupt cellulose’s structure.
Understanding microbial community processes improves predictions of soil carbon dynamics.
Study reveals structural changes leading to catalytic activity.
2010 oil spill reduced diversity, but some species were unaffected.
New lipid droplet–associated proteins found in fruit’s oil-rich tissues.
Microbe found to use two biochemical pathways for degrading lignin.
Study shows protein moves to nucleus, helps irradiated cells survive.
Research points to more efficient and lower cost routes to high-yield biomass-derived renewable fuels.
Tool simplifies workflow for DNA sample preparation to finished sequence.