{"id":3269,"date":"2021-04-06T11:55:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T11:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/?p=3269"},"modified":"2025-05-08T13:41:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T13:41:26","slug":"comparing-genomes-to-understand-microbial-tricks","status":"publish","type":"eventos","link":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/eventos\/comparar-genomas-para-compreender-truques-dos-microbios\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparing genomes to understand the \u201ctricks\u201d of microbes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes, if you're inside a building, it's hard to tell whether or not it's raining outside. However, you will easily conclude that it is raining if you see people with open umbrellas. The umbrella is an accessory that helps human beings deal with their environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bacteria can also use \u201caccessories\u201d to better cope with their environments. These accessories, however, have much more profound effects on the lives of microbes, as they take the form of genes that can be integrated into their own genomes. These \u201caccessory\u201d genes are obtained from other microbes or from the environment, and can play various roles, from allowing bacteria to resist antibiotics to enabling symbiotic associations with plants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image: Adrianna Calvo\/ Pexels<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

At InPP, the Data Management and Risk Analysis Department is comparing bacterial genomes to identify those that have \u201caccessory\u201d genes that can help plants defend themselves better against pathogens. On the other hand, these analyses also allow us to rule out bacterial strains that could have adverse effects. This information will be crucial for identifying microbes and microbial characteristics that are important for plant protection.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Por vezes, se estiver dentro de um edif\u00edcio, \u00e9 dif\u00edcil perceber se est\u00e1 a chover ou n\u00e3o l\u00e1 fora. Contudo, facilmente concluir\u00e1 que a chuva cai se vir pessoas com guarda-chuvas abertos. O guarda-chuva \u00e9 um acess\u00f3rio que ajuda o ser humano a lidar com o seu ambiente. As bact\u00e9rias tamb\u00e9m podem usar \u201cacess\u00f3rios\u201d para […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3270,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3269","eventos","type-eventos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/3269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/eventos"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/3269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15105,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/3269\/revisions\/15105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}