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The JGI’s Microbial Program focuses on using cutting-edge sequencing, … annotation and analysis techniques to explore the vast and diverse world of microbes. Studying bacteria and … drives sustainable solutions in energy, agriculture and ecosystem management. … The Microbial Program focuses on …

… of microbes in their natural environments. This work encompasses bacteria, archaea, and micro-eukaryoes, along with … genetic elements. Beyond exploring and characterizing microbial diversity, work in the Metagenome Program uses … experimental approaches to assess microbial activity across ecosystems.  By studying microbial communities and their …

To expand access to integrated data, improve tools and infrastructure as well as ensure cohesive data standards, the JGI partners with a …

Plants are complex organisms that harbor a fantastic diversity of cell types and associated organisms, … including fungal and bacterial symbionts, detrimental microbial pathogens, and associated viruses that all contribute to a dynamic ecosystem. We are interested in how plants self-organize, …

… resilience. The program’s discoveries support a plant based bioeconomy where plants are a major source of chemical … development of complex biomolecules — which can include antimicrobial and anti-pest compounds.  The program is working … strategies that improve agricultural yields and support ecosystem health. By integrating cutting-edge technologies …

… 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 … with the ultimate objective of facilitating omics-based scientific investigations. Development and maintenance …

… enhance our understanding of genome science, organisms, and ecosystems at the molecular level. Integrating genomics with … also enables exploration of energy and nutrient exchange, as well as microbial and plant responses to environmental changes. With …

… of metagenomes for signatures of viruses and novel microbial lineages, and reconstruct metabolic properties … to a better understanding of microbial communities and ecosystem function.  The Environmental Genomics group also … A. et al. (2016)  Metagenomics uncovers gaps in amplicon-based detection of microbial diversity . Nature Microbiology …

… program for faculty to “claim” the JGI’s unpublished microbial genomes, with the expectation that faculty will … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, builds upon thousands of microbial genomes that have been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 … and recruit new talent for biosciences.  Adopt-a-Genome has:  11 CSU educators working with the JGI 120 genomes …

Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s Natural Prodcast, a podcast about natural products and the science and … “BiG” branded family I think. Marnix Medema: Yeah. It’s an ecosystem of software right? Dan Udwary: For sure. Yeah. … IMG kind of hooks into IMG’s data. IMG being Integrated Microbial Genomics at JGI, a large data set of bacterial …

Microbes drive critical ecosystem functions and affect global nutrient cycling, … parameters driving virus:host dynamics in environmental microbial communities. This involves both experimental and …   19 , 407 Berg, M. et al. (2021) Host population diversity as a driver of viral infection cycle in wild populations of …

JGI Mission As a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user … went on to advance basic science by sequencing scores of microbial species as well as several model organisms and … terrestrial, subsurface, and terrestrial-aquatic interface ecosystems. JGI also focuses on projects that aim to …