Unifying the known and unknown microbial coding sequence space

C Vanni, MS Schechter, SG Acinas, A Barberán… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Genes of unknown function are among the biggest challenges in molecular biology,
especially in microbial systems, where 40–60% of the predicted genes are unknown …

Ecological relevance of flagellar motility in soil bacterial communities

J Ramoneda, K Fan, JM Lucas, H Chu… - The ISME …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Flagellar motility is a key bacterial trait as it allows bacteria to navigate their immediate
surroundings. Not all bacteria are capable of flagellar motility, and the distribution of this trait …

Effects of continuous straw returning on bacterial community structure and enzyme activities in rape-rice soil aggregates

L Yuan, Y Gao, Y Mei, J Liu, YK Kalkhajeh, H Hu… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Straw returning is an effective management measure to improve or maintain soil fertility in
agricultural ecosystems. This study investigated the effects of straw returning combined with …

Assembling bacterial puzzles: piecing together functions into microbial pathways

HC Chung, I Friedberg… - NAR Genomics and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Functional metagenomics enables the study of unexplored bacterial diversity, gene families,
and pathways essential to microbial communities. However, discovering biological insights …

Promotion of maize straw degradation rate by altering microbial community structure through the addition of soybean straw

X Liu, H Huo, Y Zhang, H Yang, S Li, L Meng - Plant and Soil, 2024 - Springer
Aims The carbon–nitrogen ratio (C/N ratio) of straw significantly influences its mineralization
and nutrient release when returned to the soil. However, little is known about the effects of …

Unifying the known and unknown microbial coding sequence space

V Chiara, MS Schechter, SG Acinas, B Albert… - eLife, 2022 - search.proquest.com
Genes of unknown function are among the biggest challenges in molecular biology,
especially in microbial systems, where 40–60% of the predicted genes are unknown …

Comparative Genomics of Environmental DNA: Functional, Ecological and Evolutionary Characterization of Genes from Uncultivated Taxa

Á Rodríguez del Río - 2022 - oa.upm.es
Resumen Microorganisms dominate Earth. They represent a biomass of approximately 70
gigatons of carbon, only surpassed by plants (Jo, Oh, and Park 2020), and are present in all …