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#MicrobialEcology

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NIOO-KNAW

New publication: Harnessing the synergy of Urochloa brizantha and #Amazonian Dark Earth #microbiomes for enhanced #pasture recovery. #ecologicalrestoration #biodiversity #sustainability #microbialecology #soilscience
doi.org/10.1186/s12866-024-037

BioMed CentralHarnessing the synergy of Urochloa brizantha and Amazonian Dark Earth microbiomes for enhanced pasture recovery - BMC MicrobiologyAmazonian Dark Earths (ADEs) are fertile soils from the Amazon rainforest that harbor microorganisms with biotechnological potential. This study aimed to investigate the individual and potential synergistic effects of a 2% portion of ADEs and Urochloa brizantha cv. Marandu roots (Brazil’s most common grass species used for pastures) on soil prokaryotic communities and overall soil attributes in degraded soil. We conducted a comprehensive plant succession experiment in the greenhouse, utilizing vase soil samples for next-generation sequencing of 16 S rDNA, enzymatic activity assays, and soil chemical properties analysis. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to understand better the prokaryotic interactions within soil environments influenced by ADEs and U. brizantha roots, including differential abundance, diversity, and network analyses. Our findings reveal a complementary relationship between U. brizantha and ADEs, each contributing to distinct positive aspects of soil bacterial communities and quality. The combined influence of U. brizantha roots and ADEs exhibited synergies that enhanced prokaryotic diversity and enzyme activity. This balance supported plant growth and increased the general availability of beneficial bacteria in the soil, such as Chujaibacter and Curtobacterium while reducing the presence of potentially pathogenic taxa. This research provided valuable insights into the intricate dynamics of plant-soil feedback, emphasizing the potential for complementary interactions between specific plant species and unique soil environments like ADEs. The findings highlight the potential for pasture ecological rehabilitation and underscore the benefits of integrating plant and soil management strategies to optimize soil characteristics.
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michael

17-Oct-2024
Identifying the genes that ‘steal’ from ocean
Study suggests viruses reprogram at least 1/3 of metabolic processes

eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

EurekAlert!Identifying the genes that viruses ‘steal’ from ocean microbesA new study gets scientists closer to more fully understanding where viruses fit into the global ocean picture of cycling nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorous and, of particular interest, carbon. Researchers report on their creation of a catalog of genes that viruses “stole” from the marine microbes they infected across all of the world’s oceans, identifying and organizing almost 23,000 genes known as auxiliary metabolic genes (AMGs), including over 7,000 never previously documented.
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nf-core

🦠 Interested in #nextflow & anything 'meta-' ?(#metagenomics, #metabarcoding, #metatranscriptomics, #metaproteomics, #microbes #MicrobialEcology & more!)

📆 Join us next Tuesday 13:00 CEST (3rd September) for an nf-core #bytesize for the #metaomics #nfcore special interest group! (Also on YouTube after!)

🤝 We will introduce how we want the community to work together with #users and #bioinformatics developers to make the best pipelines for anything 'meta-'

ℹ️ Zoom: nf-co.re/events/2024/bytesize_

nf-co.reBytesize: Special Interest Group meta-omicsDaniel Lundin (Linnaeus University / Stockholm University), James Fellows Yates (HKI Jena / MPI-EVA Leipzig) and Carson J. Miller (University of Washington)
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michael

11-JUL-2024
Researchers develop a way to make lifesaving accessible, transportable and much easier to use
When fail, can often save lives, but determining which ones will work and sourcing them is haphazard

eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

EurekAlert!Researchers develop a way to make lifesaving phages accessible, transportable and much easier to useResearchers have developed a simple way to bring bacteriophage therapy into much closer reach for clinicians struggling to save patients with antimicrobial-resistant infections. The technology makes it possible to sort through hundreds or even thousands of phages in less than two hours to identify which will respond to a particular infection.  
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Raphael Eisenhofer

1) Want to know how much of your metagenome is eukaryotic? No references? No problem. We developed SingleM microbial fraction (SMF) and ran it on 250k metagenomes biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20.

If you know what Eukaryotes are there, you can filter reads by mapping to their genomes. However, often you don’t know what’s in your sample, or the euk doesn’t have a genome.

#metagenomics#bioinformatics#genomics
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