Finding the Fermenters
Building off JGI and KBase data resources, researchers developed an interactive and comprehensive database of fermentative microbes. [Read More]
Eelgrass proves to be much younger than we thought
JGI-enabled research shows eelgrass began colonizing oceans over 2.5 million years more recently than previously thought. [Read More]
New Research Finds Flagella in the Terrestrial Roots of Marine Bacteria
Scientists have discovered flagella in an unexpected place: hot spring-dwelling bacteria from the phylum Chloroflexota. Research shows that flagella were lost in other forms of Chloroflexota that adapted to marine environments hundreds of millions of years ago. [Read More]
Rapid technological advances in genomics have transformed modern biology. From its inception, the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute has been at the forefront of large-scale sequence-based science.