You can move, but you can’t hide
Researchers at the JGI developed geNomad, a tool to quickly and accurately identify mobile genetic elements like plasmids and viruses. [Read More]
iPHoP: A Matchmaker for Phages and their Hosts
Building on existing virus-host prediction approaches, researchers have created a new program called iPHoP. It combines and evaluates multiple predictions to reliably match viruses with their archaea and bacteria hosts. [Read More]
Supercharging SIP in the Fungal Hyphosphere
Applying this method to the study of a particular fungi, researchers identified novel interactions between bacteria and the fungi. [Read More]
New Research Sheds Light on Diversity in the Deep Sea
Microbial communities around hydrothermal vents survive in very hot, high-pressure and chemically-rich ecosystems. They hold clues for understanding how life thrives in extreme environments. [Read More]
Sequencing Sphagnum Leads to Discovery of Sex Chromosomes
Boggy peatlands, which hold much of the Earth’s carbon as well as material that can be converted to energy, are made up heavily of sphagnum mosses. [Read More]
![A photo of two sphagnum species: S. divinum (red) and S. angustifolium (green)]](https://jgi.doe.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Screen-Shot-2023-02-22-at-4.57.35-PM-220x170.png)
Busting the Unbreakable Lignin
A new study offers the first irrefutable proof that anaerobic fungi — the kind living in the stomachs of livestock — can deconstruct lignin in the absence of oxygen. [Read More]
Tracing the Evolution of Shiitake Mushrooms
New genomes highlight the diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula. [Read More]
Soil virus offers insight into maintaining microorganisms
Using 5,000 images of crystalized samples cloned and synthesized by the JGI, scientists have begun the complex process of uncovering the hidden secrets of soil viruses. [Read More]
Silver age of GOLD introduces new features
Since its launch 25 years ago, the Genomes OnLine Database has matured into a flagship genomic metadata repository, making curated microbiome metadata freely available and enabling large-scale comparative genomics analysis initiatives. [Read More]
Virus Discoveries that Keep Getting Bigger
In the last 30 years, in environments all over the world, scientists have discovered giants among viruses. A new review provides a perspective on how culturing techniques, sequencing and bioinformatics have all broadened the study of giant viruses. [Read More]
