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… 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 technologies to explore microbial diversity — with an emphasis on bacteria and …

… breakthroughs in basic science, and is exploring microbial-based synthesis of fuels beyond ethanol. …

… Cataloging Earth's microbial lineages through advanced genomic techniques and … reveal new lineages and functional capabilities in the microbial world. … Developing rapid and accurate methods for identifying potential biological threats in environmental … to live in Earth's most extreme environments, from deep-sea oceanic fluids to hypersaline lakes and hyperthermal …

… including fungal and bacterial symbionts, detrimental microbial pathogens, and associated viruses that all … how plants self-organize, influence, and are influenced by microbial partners. We use a variety of genomics-powered … model system. We seek to expand beyond this model system by identifying phages and characterizing this multipartite …

… of metagenomes for signatures of viruses and novel microbial lineages, and reconstruct metabolic properties … within those genomes. Our aim is to more fully capture microbial and viral diversity, leading to a better understanding of microbial communities and ecosystem function.  The …

… 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 communities and their interactions, the Program …

… program for faculty to “claim” the JGI’s unpublished microbial genomes, with the expectation that faculty will … by the Joint Genome Institute, builds upon thousands of microbial genomes that have been sequenced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

… powerful people. These were people that really controlled microbial drug discovery. And a guy like me, with no … to study bacteria, fungi, archaea, the whole range of microbial life. So, we just started out. And we started … ocean. And they grow like crazy when you do huge amounts of nitrogen, carbohydrates, all that stuff. And then we got to …

… cool because the work has gone so much more than just identifying genes to that toxin, but it’s opened up this … it turns out, you know, high CO2. Turns out you know, when nitrogen levels change in the ocean, you begin to see those … transcription. There’s always been a big mystery in the oceanic community about these organisms. They’re not always …

… bacteria provide nutrients for the plant mainly by fixing nitrogen. Getting nitrogen from the environment so that the plant can grow. … And so we’ve really only come into good science for identifying secondary metabolism as we’ve sequenced more and …

… And sometimes, in terms of biological activities– like antimicrobial or something– sometimes a little difference is … of new chemistry, and we want to understand the antimicrobial-resistant era, we need new chemistry. If we want … in Glasgow, Scotland. Dr Duncan’s work focuses on marine microbial chemical ecology. We also discuss Actinobase, …

… the vulnerabilities of monocultures and the benefits of nitrogen-fixing nodules in legumes, which can reduce … development of complex biomolecules — which can include antimicrobial and anti-pest compounds.  The program is working … interactions, focusing on how environmental stress and microbial communities affect plant growth and productivity. …