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  1. Genome sequence of N 2 -fixer Stutzerimonas stutzeri strain MBI-RS3
  2. A Genome Sequence Variant Monitoring Program for Seasonal Influenza A H3N2 and Respiratory Syncytial Virus A using Wastewater-Based Surveillance in Ontario, Canada
  3. Baculovirus Variant Detection from Transient CRISPR-Cas9-Mediated Disruption of gp64 at Different Gene Locations
  4. Hybrid sequencing reveals the genome of a Chrysochromulina parva virus and highlight its distinct replication strategy
  5. Adapting Next-Generation Sequencing to in Process CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Editing of Recombinant AcMNPV Vectors: From Shotgun to Tiled-Amplicon Sequencing
  6. Variability of Clinical Metrics in Small Population Communities Drive Perceived Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance Data Quality: Ontario, Canada-Wide Study
  7. Recombinant DNA: unlocking untapped microbial potential for innovation in crop agriculture
  8. Rapid shift of gut microbiome and enrichment of beneficial microbes during arhatic yoga meditation retreat in a single-arm pilot study
  9. Genomic surveillance of Canadian airport wastewater samples allows early detection of emerging SARS-CoV-2 lineages
  10. Comparative proteomics of biofilm development inPseudoalteromonas tunicatadiscovers a distinct family of Ca2+-dependent adhesins
  11. Multiplexed Target Profiling with Integrated Chemical Genomics and Chemical Proteomics
  12. Concepts and criteria defining emerging microbiome applications
  13. Reconstructing SARS-CoV-2 lineages from mixed wastewater sequencing data
  14. Production and Characterization of Biopolymer from Food Waste Using Pseudomonas putida
  15. SARS-CoV-2 viral titer measurements in Ontario, Canada wastewaters throughout the COVID-19 pandemic
  16. Tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in wastewater: an assessment of nine computational tools using simulated genomic data
  17. Genomic Surveillance of a Canadian Airport Wastewater Samples Allows Early Detection of Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Lineages
  18. Learning novel SARS-CoV-2 lineages from wastewater sequencing data
  19. A Novel Tiled Amplicon Sequencing Assay Targeting the Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV) Genome Reveals Widespread Distribution in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Systems in the Province of Ontario, Canada
  20. Real-time evaluation of signal accuracy in wastewater surveillance of pathogens with high rates of mutation
  21. Discovery of a glyphosate oxidase in nature
  22. Characterization of Biopolymer Properties Produced from Pseudomonas Putida Using Carboxylate Rich Artificial Fermentation Broth
  23. Tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in wastewater: an assessment of nine computational tools using simulated genomic data
  24. A Novel Tiled-Amplicon Sequencing Assay Targeting theTomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus(ToBRFV) Genome Reveals Widespread Distribution in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Systems in the Province of Ontario, Canada
  25. Microbiome Interconnectedness throughout Environments with Major Consequences for Healthy People and a Healthy Planet
  26. Production of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) copolymer from food waste using mixed culture for carboxylate production and Pseudomonas putida for PHA synthesis
  27. Limosilactobacillus reuteri administration alters the gut-brain-behavior axis in a sex-dependent manner in socially monogamous prairie voles
  28. A critical review of microplastic degradation and material flow analysis towards a circular economy
  29. Isolation of Genes Encoding Carbon Metabolism Pathways from Complex Microbial Communities
  30. Microbiome ethics, guiding principles for microbiome research, use and knowledge management
  31. Mode of action of nanochitin whisker against Fusarium pseudograminearum
  32. Bacterial genome reductions: Tools, applications, and challenges
  33. Metadata harmonization–Standards are the key for a better usage of omics data for integrative microbiome analysis
  34. Editorial: Functional Metagenomics for Enzyme Discovery
  35. Community Surveillance of Omicron in Ontario: Wastewater-based Epidemiology Comes of Age.
  36. Sequence polarity between the promoter and the adjacent gene modulates promoter activity
  37. Genome Sequence of Brevundimonas sp., an Arsenic Resistant Soil Bacterium
  38. Alcov: Estimating Variant of Concern Abundance from SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Sequencing Data
  39. Impacts on International Research Collaborations from DSI/ABS Uncertainty
  40. Driving factors influencing the rhizobacteriome community structure of plants adapted to multiple climatic stressors in edaphic savannas
  41. International Reporting Mechanism for Unethical Germline Gene Editing Experiments Is Needed
  42. Development of Microbiome Biobanks – Challenges and Opportunities
  43. Dynamics of microbial populations and diversity in NAPL contaminated peat soil under varying water table conditions
  44. Slr4, a newly identified S‐layer protein from marine Gammaproteobacteria, is a major biofilm matrix component
  45. Correction to: Microbiome definition re-visited: old concepts and new challenges
  46. Development of Microbiome Biobanks – Challenges and Opportunities
  47. The variation of promoter strength in different gene contexts
  48. Microbiome definition re-visited: old concepts and new challenges
  49. Unraveling a Tangled Skein: Evolutionary Analysis of the Bacterial Gibberellin Biosynthetic Operon
  50. Time Series Resolution of the Fish Necrobiome Reveals a Decomposer Succession Involving Toxigenic Bacterial Pathogens
  51. Lactic acid containing polymers produced in engineered Sinorhizobium meliloti and Pseudomonas putida
  52. Fungal and Bacterial Microbiome Associated with the Rhizosphere of Native Plants from the Atacama Desert
  53. Isolation and Identification of Endophytic Bacteria from Mycorrhizal Tissues of Terrestrial Orchids from Southern Chile
  54. Metagenome-Assembled Genome Sequences of Five Strains from the Microtus ochrogaster (Prairie Vole) Fecal Microbiome
  55. Unraveling a tangled skein: Evolutionary analysis of the bacterial gibberellin biosynthetic operon
  56. Enhanced Arsenic Tolerance in Triticum aestivum Inoculated with Arsenic-Resistant and Plant Growth Promoter Microorganisms from a Heavy Metal-Polluted Soil
  57. Designer Sinorhizobium meliloti strains and multi-functional vectors enable direct inter-kingdom DNA transfer
  58. Does a carbonatite deposit influence its surrounding ecosystem?
  59. Lactic Acid Containing Polymers Produced in Engineered Sinorhizobium meliloti and Pseudomonas putida
  60. An engineered GFP fluorescent bacterial biosensor for detecting and quantifying silver and copper ions
  61. Designer Sinorhizobium meliloti strains and multi-functional vectors for direct inter-kingdom transfer of high G+C content DNA
  62. Development of a GFP Fluorescent Bacterial Biosensor for the Detection and Quantification of Silver and Copper Ions
  63. Developing a Bacteroides System for Function-Based Screening of DNA from the Human Gut Microbiome
  64. The Completed PacBio Single-Molecule Real-Time Sequence of Methylosinus trichosporium Strain OB3b Reveals the Presence of a Third Large Plasmid
  65. A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity
  66. Transcriptome Analysis of Polyhydroxybutyrate Cycle Mutants Reveals Discrete Loci Connecting Nitrogen Utilization and Carbon Storage in Sinorhizobium meliloti
  67. Discovery of a proteolytic flagellin family in diverse bacterial phyla that assembles enzymatically active flagella
  68. Functional metagenomics reveals novel β-galactosidases not predictable from gene sequences
  69. Synthesis and Physical Properties of Polyhydroxyalkanoate Polymers with Different Monomer Compositions by Recombinant Pseudomonas putida LS46 Expressing a Novel PHA SYNTHASE (PhaC116) Enzyme
  70. Functional Metagenomics: Tools and Applications
  71. Metagenomic Approaches to Identify Novel Organisms from the Soil Environment in a Classroom Setting
  72. Methods for the Isolation of Genes Encoding Novel PHA Metabolism Enzymes from Complex Microbial Communities
  73. A biosynthetic gene cluster in rhizobia is responsible for producing gibberellin phytohormones
  74. Engineering of Escherichia coli for direct and modulated biosynthesis of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) copolymer using unrelated carbon sources
  75. Novel polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymers produced in Pseudomonas putida by metagenomic polyhydroxyalkanoate synthases
  76. Functional metagenomics reveals novel β-galactosidases not predictable from gene sequences
  77. Functional metagenomics using Pseudomonas putida expands the known diversity of polyhydroxyalkanoate synthases and enables the production of novel polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymers
  78. An analysis of the validity and utility of the proximon proposition
  79. Genome-engineered Sinorhizobium meliloti for the production of poly(lactic- co -3-hydroxybutyric) acid copolymer
  80. Current and future resources for functional metagenomics
  81. Strong spurious transcription likely contributes to DNA insert bias in typical metagenomic clone libraries
  82. Strong spurious transcription likely a cause of DNA insert bias in typical metagenomic clone libraries
  83. Open Resource Metagenomics
  84. MetaProx: the database of metagenomic proximons
  85. Multisubstrate Isotope Labeling and Metagenomic Analysis of Active Soil Bacterial Communities
  86. Amelioration of high salinity stress damage by plant growth-promoting bacterial endophytes that contain ACC deaminase
  87. Evaluation of a Pooled Strategy for High-Throughput Sequencing of Cosmid Clones from Metagenomic Libraries
  88. Stable Isotope Probing and Metagenomics
  89. Versatile broad-host-range cosmids for construction of high quality metagenomic libraries
  90. A bioinformatics approach to the determination of genes involved in endophytic behavior in Burkholderia spp.
  91. Meeting Report: 1st International Functional Metagenomics Workshop May 7–8, 2012, St. Jacobs, Ontario, Canada.
  92. Open Resource Metagenomics
  93. Members of the Sinorhizobium meliloti ChvI regulon identified by a DNA binding screen
  94. Isolation and characterization of new plant growth-promoting bacterial endophytes
  95. Delay of flower senescence by bacterial endophytes expressing 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase
  96. Site-specific Bacterial Chromosome Engineering: ΦC31 Integrase Mediated Cassette Exchange (IMCE)
  97. Nonlinear electrophoresis for purification of soil DNA for metagenomics
  98. Open resource metagenomics: a model for sharing metagenomic libraries
  99. Harvesting of novel polyhydroxyalkanaote (PHA) synthase encoding genes from a soil metagenome library using phenotypic screening
  100. ACC deaminase activity in avirulent Agrobacterium tumefaciens D3
  101. The Fluorescence Theatre: a cost-effective device using theatre gels for fluorescent protein and dye screening
  102. ACC deaminase increases the Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation frequency of commercial canola cultivars
  103. Sinorhizobium meliloti1021 Loss-of-Function Deletion Mutation inchvIand Its Phenotypic Characteristics
  104. Identification and characterization of new LuxR/LuxI-type quorum sensing systems from metagenomic libraries
  105. Identification and characterization of the intracellular poly-3-hydroxybutyrate depolymerase enzyme PhaZ of Sinorhizobium meliloti
  106. Methods for the Isolation of Genes Encoding Novel PHB Cycle Enzymes from Complex Microbial Communities
  107. Null mutations inSinorhizobium meliloti exoSandchvIdemonstrate the importance of this two-component regulatory system for symbiosis
  108. 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylate (ACC) Deaminase Genes in Rhizobia from Southern Saskatchewan
  109. Evaluation of Bacterial Community Structure and Its Influence on Sulfide Oxidation in a Bio-Leaching Environment
  110. The class IId bacteriocin thuricin-17 increases plant growth
  111. Mutational Analysis of theSinorhizobium melilotiShort-Chain Dehydrogenase/Reductase Family Reveals Substantial Contribution to Symbiosis and Catabolic Diversity
  112. 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylate (ACC) Deaminase Genes in Rhizobia from Southern Saskatchewan
  113. ACC deaminase from plant growth-promoting bacteria affects crown gall development
  114. Influence of the Poly-3-Hydroxybutyrate (PHB) Granule-Associated Proteins (PhaP1 and PhaP2) on PHB Accumulation and Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Sinorhizobium meliloti Rm1021
  115. Presence of a novel 16S–23S rRNA gene intergenic spacer insert in Bradyrhizobium canariense strains
  116. Roles of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) and glycogen in symbiosis of Sinorhizobium meliloti with Medicago sp.
  117. Effects of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Limitation on the Activated Sludge Biomass in a Kraft Mill Biotreatment System
  118. The role of PHB metabolism in the symbiosis of rhizobia with legumes
  119. A novel bacteriocin, thuricin 17, produced by plant growth promoting rhizobacteria strain Bacillus thuringiensis NEB17: isolation and classification
  120. Isolation of Poly-3-Hydroxybutyrate Metabolism Genes from Complex Microbial Communities by Phenotypic Complementation of Bacterial Mutants
  121. Comparison of the symbiotic and competition phenotypes of Sinorhizobium meliloti PHB synthesis and degradation pathway mutants
  122. NodMutDB: a database for genes and mutants involved in symbiosis
  123. Characterization ofbdhA, encoding the enzyme d-3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase, fromSinorhizobiumsp. strain NGR234
  124. Functional Genomic Analysis of the SDR Family in Sinorhizobium meliloti
  125. Expression of an Exogenous 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylate Deaminase Gene in Sinorhizobium meliloti Increases Its Ability To Nodulate Alfalfa
  126. Heterologous complementation of the exopolysaccharide synthesis and carbon utilization phenotypes ofSinorhizobium melilotiRm1021 polyhydroxyalkanoate synthesis mutants
  127. Growth and nodulation competitiveness of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) metabolism mutants of Sinorhizobium meliloti and effects of exogenous biotin
  128. Purification and characterization of homodimeric methylmalonyl-CoA mutase from Sinorhizobium meliloti
  129. Low temperature tolerant Bradyrhizobium japonicum strains allowing improved nodulation and nitrogen fixation of soybean in a short season (cool spring) area
  130. Effect of experimental contamination with the explosive hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine on soil bacterial communities
  131. Application of crossover-PCR-mediated deletion-insertion mutagenesis to analysis of the bdhA-xdhA2-xdhB2 mixed-function operon of Sinorhizobium meliloti
  132. Effect of experimental contamination with the explosive hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine on soil bacterial communities
  133. Co-inoculation dose and root zone temperature for plant growth promoting rhizobacteria on soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr] grown in soil-less media
  134. A global pH sensor: Agrobacterium sensor protein ChvG regulates acid-inducible genes on its two chromosomes and Ti plasmid
  135. The effect of temperature and genistein concentration on lipo-chitooligosaccharide (LCO) production by wild-type and mutant strains of Bradyrhizobium japonicum
  136. Bradyrhizobium japonicum Mutants Allowing Improved Soybean Yield in Short Season Areas with Cool Spring Soil Temperatures
  137. Low Temperature–Tolerant Bradyrhizobium japonicum Strains Allowing Improved Soybean Yield in Short‐Season Areas
  138. Bradyrhizobium japonicum mutants allowing improved nodulation and nitrogen fixation of field-grown soybean in a short season area
  139. Identification of an Acetoacetyl Coenzyme A Synthetase-Dependent Pathway for Utilization of l-(+)-3-Hydroxybutyrate in Sinorhizobium meliloti
  140. Low Temperature–Tolerant Strains Allowing Improved Soybean Yield in Short-Season Areas
  141. Bradyrhizobium japonicumMutants with Enhanced Sensitivity to Genistein Resulting in AlterednodGene Regulation
  142. Cellobiose dehydrogenase is essential for wood invasion and nonessential for kraft pulp delignification by Trametes versicolor
  143. Genetic transformation of Trametes versicolor to phleomycin resistance with the dominant selectable marker shble
  144. The chvH Locus ofAgrobacterium Encodes a Homologue of an Elongation Factor Involved in Protein Synthesis
  145. Polyphasic microbial community analysis of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soils from two northern Canadian communities
  146. Polyphasic microbial community analysis of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soils from two northern Canadian communities
  147. An ACC Deaminase Minus Mutant of Enterobacter cloacae UW4No Longer Promotes Root Elongation
  148. Requirement for the Enzymes Acetoacetyl Coenzyme A Synthetase and Poly-3-Hydroxybutyrate (PHB) Synthase for Growth of Sinorhizobium meliloti on PHB Cycle Intermediates
  149. Sinorhizobium meliloti strain 1021 bioS and bdhA gene transcriptions are both affected by biotin available in defined medium
  150. Sinorhizobium meliloti strain 1021 bioS and bdhA gene transcriptions are both affected by biotin available in defined medium
  151. Poly-3-Hydroxybutyrate Degradation in Rhizobium (Sinorhizobium) meliloti : Isolation and Characterization of a Gene Encoding 3-Hydroxybutyrate Dehydrogenase
  152. Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase encoding gene of Sinorhizobium meliloti
  153. Cloning and sequencing of a gene encoding cellobiose dehydrogenase from Trametes versicolor
  154. Megaplasmid and Chromosomal Loci for the PHB Degradation Pathway in Rhizobium (Sinorhizobium) meliloti
  155. Discrete Regions of the Sensor Protein VirA Determine the Strain-Specific Ability ofAgrobacteriumto Agroinfect Maize
  156. Inhibition of the expression of Bradyrhizobium japonicum nod genes at low temperatures
  157. Enzymology of Kraft Pulp Bleaching by Trametes versicolor
  158. Construction of Agrobacterium strains by electroporation of genomic DNA and its utility in analysis of chromosomal virulence mutations
  159. Preformed dimeric state of the sensor protein VirA is involved in plant--Agrobacterium signal transduction.
  160. A chromosomally encoded two-component sensory transduction system is required for virulence of Agrobacterium tumefaciens
  161. Two-Component Sensory Transduction Systems in Phytobacteria
  162. The ntrA gene of Agrobacterium tumefaciens: identification, cloning, and phenotype of a site-directed mutant
  163. ndvF, a novel locus located on megaplasmid pRmeSU47b (pEXO) of Rhizobium meliloti, is required for normal nodule development
  164. Lactose utilization and enzymes encoded by megaplasmids in Rhizobium meliloti SU47: implications for population studies
  165. Genetic map of Rhizobium meliloti megaplasmid pRmeSU47b
  166. Analysis of C4-dicarboxylate transport genes in Rhizobium meliloti
  167. Functional Analysis of Genes of Unknown Functions in Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021