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… of novel bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic microbes and viruses in environmental sequence data. We use multi-omics … Exploring the fascinating world of giant viruses, which challenge our understanding of viral … research focuses on discovering and characterizing giant viruses, which possess genomes and particle sizes that rival …

… 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 … The Microbial Program focuses on using advanced sequencing … with microeukaryotes. The program also studies giant viruses. Key research areas include terrestrial …

… team has comprehensively described host-virus dynamics in a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But what trends govern those …

… program for faculty to “claim” the JGI’s unpublished microbial genomes, with the expectation that faculty will … by the Joint Genome Institute, builds upon thousands of microbial genomes that have been sequenced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, …

… approaches to identify and characterize genomic information from uncultivated microbes and viruses. We develop computational approaches to sift through … of metagenomes for signatures of viruses and novel microbial lineages, and reconstruct metabolic properties …

… however they do so under strong constraints exerted by viruses. Research in the viral genomics group aims at … parameters driving virus:host dynamics in environmental microbial communities. This involves both experimental and … in virus:host interaction and host cell take-over by viruses, and attempts to evaluate ecosystem-level impacts of …

… including fungal and bacterial symbionts, detrimental microbial pathogens, and associated viruses that all contribute to a dynamic ecosystem. We are … how plants self-organize, influence, and are influenced by microbial partners. We use a variety of genomics-powered …

… archaea, and micro-eukaryoes, along with their associated viruses and mobile 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 …

… interactions, the exploration of the functional dark matter as well as the development of novel methods to enable … A global metagenomic map of urban microbiomes and antimicrobial resistance. Cell . 184(13):3376-3393 Almeida A, et … reveals a new bacterial candidate phylum in geothermal springs.  Nature Commun. 7:10476 Varghese NJ,  et al. …

… here is metabolomics. So this is a way to get a snapshot of all of the chemistry that a microbe produces. And … Canada. I just got back from a conference in Canada on antimicrobial resistance sponsored by the Garner foundation. And … that on that timescale of the earth that geography doesn’t matter as much. But, you know, there’s clearly some, you …

… Park to study how cyanobacteria are living, communally, in microbial mats. Along the way, they’ve encountered surprises, adopted … new technologies, and made a few discoveries about the microbial mat denizens.  …