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Engineering the Microbiome: CRISPR Leads the Way
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD | Mar 15, 2024 | 10+ min read
Scientists have genetically modified isolated microbes for decades. Now, using CRISPR, they intend to target entire microbiomes.
Environmental DNA Sequencing: Lessons from Ancient and Modern Environments
The Scientist | Jul 10, 2020 | 1 min read
In this webinar, Eske Willerslev and Simon Creer will discuss the discoveries they have made about the ancient and modern world through environmental DNA sequencing.
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Caution Urged for Comparing Ancient and Modern Humans’ Oral Microbes
Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD | Aug 7, 2019 | 4 min read
Microbial species that are commonly associated with oral diseases in modern humans are unreliable proxies for determining tooth health status in ancient samples, a new study finds.
Top 7 in Microbiology
Megan Scudellari | Jul 26, 2011 | 3 min read
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in microbiology and related areas, from Faculty of 1000.
Bacteria and Humans Have Been Swapping DNA for Millennia
Kelly Robinson and Julie Dunning Hotopp | Oct 1, 2016 | 8 min read
Bacteria inhabit most tissues in the human body, and genes from some of these microbes have made their way to the human genome. Could this genetic transfer contribute to diseases such as cancer?
Down and Dirty
Amy Coombs | Sep 1, 2012 | 4 min read
Diverse plant communities create a disease-fighting "soil genotype."
When Stop Means Go
Ruth Williams | May 22, 2014 | 3 min read
A survey of trillions of base pairs of microbial DNA reveals a considerable degree of stop codon reassignment.
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The Inside Guide: The Gut Microbiome’s Role in Host Evolution
Catherine Offord | Jul 1, 2021 | 10+ min read
Bacteria that live in the digestive tracts of animals may influence the adaptive trajectories of their hosts.
Cataloging Fungal Life in Antarctic Seas
Ignacio Amigo | Dec 1, 2017 | 3 min read
Brazilian researchers report a relatively large diversity of fungi in marine ecosystems surrounding Antarctica, but warn that climate change could bring unpleasant surprises.
Giant Virus Has CRISPR-like Immune Defense
Kerry Grens | Mar 2, 2016 | 2 min read
The genome of a mimivirus strain resistant to a virophage has repeated phage sequences alongside nuclease- and helicase-coding sections.

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