Actinomycetes are common soil and other organic matter, and can grow on water pipes.
Bacteriophages a key to getting the musty smell out of tap water
Researchers Focus On Gene-Editing Technology To Kick-Start Crop Regeneration
High-value food crops that face various impediments in breeding new varieties are getting some attention from a collaboration of researchers using the CRISPR-Combo gene-editing technology. While gene-editing technology has improved crop breeding and adaptation, the process of re-growing a plant from edited cells is costly, lengthy and unpredictable. Furthermore, this process, referred to as regeneration,…
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Ecogenomics of Groundwater Phages Suggests Niche Differentiation Linked to Specific Environmental Tolerance
Viruses are ubiquitous microbiome components, shaping ecosystems via strain-specific predation, horizontal gene transfer and redistribution of nutrients through host lysis. Viral impacts are important in groundwater ecosystems, where microbes drive many nutrient fluxes and metabolic processes; however, little is known about the diversity of viruses in these environments. We analyzed four groundwater plasmidomes (the entire…
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The Code Breaker Is the Crispr Chronicle You Need to Read
Walter Isaacson’s account, out Tuesday, is a thrilling tale of scientific discovery. He talks about gene-editing tech—and the future of the human race. Isaacson’s latest book, The Code Breaker, breathlessly follows Doudna from a childhood spent trekking through the wilds of Hawaii to her pioneering work harnessing a bacterial defense system to rewrite the code…
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