Project description:Cwmystwyth is an abandoned lead mine site. The soil of this metalliferous mine site is inhabited by lead hyper-resistant Lumbricus rubellus earthworms. The nature of their resistance to heavy metal lead has not been elucidated in fine detail, especially within a tissue-specific context. Moreover, earthworms have yet to be studied using long read transcriptomic technologies. Hence, various tissues of a Cwmystwyth earthworm were dissected and long read RNA sequenced using the PacBio Sequel Ile system.
Project description:Streptomyces bingchenggensis is a soil bacterium that produces milbemycins, which have been applied widely as insecticides and anthelmintics in agricultural and veterinary field. To gain further insights into the regulatory mechanisms in Streptomyces bingchenggensis and mine useful targets for future metabolic engineering to improve milbemycin production, we have compared two strains(the parental strain and high-yielding strain)by comparative transcriptome analysis.This work provides beneficial targets and corresponding engineering methods to facilitate high-production of milbemycins and other polyketide pesticides.
Project description:This experiments was carried out to compare transcriptional changes in developing seeds of Samgwang, a japonica rice, grown in normal (NL) and reclaimed (RL) lands, respectively.
Project description:Switchgrass-associated microbial communities from reclaimed mine lands soil in West Virginia, United States – Hamp_Cave_2 metagenome
Project description:Switchgrass-associated microbial communities from reclaimed mine lands soil in West Virginia, United States – Hamp_Cave_3 metagenome