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The JGI’s Microbial Program focuses on using cutting-edge sequencing, … provides high-quality, large-scale genomic data to advance microbial research that drives sustainable solutions in energy, agriculture and ecosystem management. … The Microbial Program focuses on using advanced sequencing …

… breakthroughs in basic science, and is exploring microbial-based synthesis of fuels beyond ethanol. … The JGI …

… genomic data and serving them to users via the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system. Research Team    … The Integrated Microbial Genomes group is focused on:  Developing … Development and maintenance of the Integrated Microbial Genomes (IMG) data management system … As part of …

… genetic elements. Beyond exploring and characterizing microbial diversity, work in the Metagenome Program uses several experimental approaches to assess microbial activity across ecosystems.  By studying microbial communities and their interactions, the Program …

… powerful people. These were people that really controlled microbial drug discovery. And a guy like me, with no … to study bacteria, fungi, archaea, the whole range of microbial life. So, we just started out. And we started … ocean. And they grow like crazy when you do huge amounts of nitrogen, carbohydrates, all that stuff. And then we got to …

… including fungal and bacterial symbionts, detrimental microbial pathogens, and associated viruses that all … model system. We seek to expand beyond this model system by identifying phages and characterizing this multipartite … how plant cells respond to low nutrient conditions (low nitrogen or low phosphorus), and how cell identity impacts …

… program for faculty to “claim” the JGI’s unpublished microbial genomes, with the expectation that faculty will … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, builds upon thousands of microbial genomes that have been sequenced by the JGI though … up-to-speed with some of the latest developments in microbial genomics, metagenomics, and computational biology, …

… cool because the work has gone so much more than just identifying genes to that toxin, but it’s opened up this … it turns out, you know, high CO2. Turns out you know, when nitrogen levels change in the ocean, you begin to see those … transcription. There’s always been a big mystery in the oceanic community about these organisms. They’re not always …

… that we found, indeed, that both formulations had some antimicrobial properties. But the one that was used in … but perhaps the idea of running off into the forest and identifying different plants and bringing them back is not … time that we have just a tremendous amount of biodiversity loss, and linguistic loss, cultural loss. We’re losing …

… bacteria provide nutrients for the plant mainly by fixing nitrogen. Getting nitrogen from the environment so that the plant can grow. … And so we’ve really only come into good science for identifying secondary metabolism as we’ve sequenced more and …

… went on to advance basic science by sequencing scores of microbial species as well as several model organisms and … behavior of microbiomes and manipulate them to facilitate microbial solutions to challenging environmental … and bioproduct development. Develop an understanding of microbial and fungal metabolism necessary to …

… the vulnerabilities of monocultures and the benefits of nitrogen-fixing nodules in legumes, which can reduce … development of complex biomolecules — which can include antimicrobial and anti-pest compounds.  The program is working … interactions, focusing on how environmental stress and microbial communities affect plant growth and productivity. …