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November 30, 2021

Divergence among rice cultivars reveals roles for transposition and epimutation in ongoing evolution of genomic imprinting

Parent-of-origin–dependent gene expression in mammals and flowering plants results from differing chromatin imprints (genomic imprinting) between maternally and paternally inherited alleles. Imprinted gene expression in the endosperm of seeds is associated with localized hypomethylation of maternally but not paternally inherited DNA, with certain small RNAs also displaying parent-of-origin–specific expression. To understand the evolution of imprinting… [Read More]

November 30, 2021

Serendipita fungi modulate the switchgrass root transcriptome to circumvent host defenses and establish a symbiotic relationship

The fungal family Serendipitaceae encompasses root-associated lineages with endophytic, ericoid, orchid and ectomycorrhizal lifestyles. Switchgrass is an important bioenergy crop for cellulosic ethanol production owing to high biomass production on marginal soils otherwise unfit for food crop cultivation. The aim of this study was to investigate the host plant response(s) to Serendipita colonization by characterizing… [Read More]

November 30, 2021

An integrated in vivo/in vitro framework to enhance cell-free biosynthesis with metabolically rewired yeast extracts

Cell-free systems using crude cell extracts present appealing opportunities for designing biosynthetic pathways and enabling sustainable chemical synthesis. However, the lack of tools to effectively manipulate the underlying host metabolism in vitro limits the potential of these systems. Here, we create an integrated framework to address this gap that leverages cell extracts from host strains… [Read More]

November 30, 2021

Cocultivation of anaerobic fungi with rumen bacteria establishes an antagonistic relationship

Anaerobic gut fungi (Neocallimastigomycetes) live in the digestive tract of large herbivores, where they are vastly outnumbered by bacteria. It has been suggested that anaerobic fungi challenge growth of bacteria owing to the wealth of biosynthetic genes in fungal genomes, although this relationship has not been experimentally tested. Here, we cocultivated the rumen bacteria Fibrobacter… [Read More]

November 30, 2021

Recoding of stop codons expands the metabolic potential of two novel Asgardarchaeota lineages

Asgardarchaeota have been proposed as the closest living relatives to eukaryotes, and a total of 72 metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) representing six primary lineages in this archaeal phylum have thus far been described. These organisms are predicted to be fermentative heterotrophs contributing to carbon cycling in sediment ecosystems. Here, we double the genomic catalogue of Asgardarchaeota… [Read More]

November 30, 2021

Chromosome assembled and annotated genome sequence of Aspergillus flavus NRRL 3357

Aspergillus flavus is an opportunistic pathogen of crops, including peanuts and maize, and is the second leading cause of aspergillosis in immunocompromised patients. A. flavus is also a major producer of the mycotoxin, aflatoxin, a potent carcinogen, which results in significant crop losses annually. The A. flavus isolate NRRL 3357 was originally isolated from peanut… [Read More]

November 30, 2021

Structures and function of the amino acid polymerase cyanophycin synthetase

Cyanophycin is a natural biopolymer produced by a wide range of bacteria, consisting of a chain of poly-L-Asp residues with L-Arg residues attached to the [Read More]

November 30, 2021

Discovery of photosynthesis genes through whole-genome sequencing of acetaterequiring mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Large-scale mutant libraries have been indispensable for genetic studies, and the development of next-generation genome sequencing technologies has greatly advanced efforts to analyze mutants. In this work, we sequenced the genomes of 660 Chlamydomonas reinhardtii acetate-requiring mutants, part of a larger photosynthesis mutant collection previously generated by insertional mutagenesis with a linearized plasmid. We identified… [Read More]

November 30, 2021

Natural soil microbiome variation affects spring foliar phenology with consequences for plant productivity and climate-driven range shifts

Identifying the potential for natural soil microbial communities to predictably affect complex plant traits is an important frontier in climate change research. Plant phenology varies with environmental and genetic factors, but few studies have examined whether the soil microbiome interacts with plant population differentiation to affect phenology and ecosystem function. We compared soil microbial variation… [Read More]

November 30, 2021

New keys to unlock the treasure trove of microbial natural products

This month’s Genome Watch highlights how recent advances in computational identification of biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs), and in their experimental manipulation, are opening new avenues to access novel secondary metabolites. [Read More]
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