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.
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.
Request for Information: BERAC Unified Data Framework
The US Department of Energy’s Office of Science is seeking input on the need and the structure of a unified data framework that links or integrates existing data activities within the Biological and Environmental Research Program (BER). The aim is to gather current and future science questions that require a more integrated data infrastructure for…
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.
An Earth Month Look at Sustainability Efforts at the JGI
The JGI supports finding solutions to clean energy and environmental challenges, and many JGIers work to connect those big goals with their everyday activities, striving for sustainability in lab and office spaces.
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.
JGIota: A biofuel breakthrough in anaerobic fungi with Michelle O’Malley and Tom Lankiewicz
Michelle O’Malley and Tom Lankiewicz of UC Santa Barbara discuss the importance of studying anaerobic fungi, as well as a recent discovery that turns scientific presumption on its head and opens up a new avenue to explore for efficient biofuel production.
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.
JGIota: Sequencing Shiitakes with David Hibbett
David Hibbett (Clark University) fills us in on the kind of decay that makes shiitake mushrooms special. This week, he 39 collaborators published a paper tracing how these mushrooms have evolved.
Tracing the Evolution of Shiitake Mushrooms
New genomes highlight the diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula.