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… The JGI’s Microbial Program focuses on using cutting-edge sequencing, annotation and analysis … to explore the vast and diverse world of microbes. Studying bacteria and archaea, including those associated with … addressing key environmental challenges, such as improving soil health, carbon sequestration and bioeconomy …

… fantastic diversity of cell types and associated organisms, including fungal and bacterial symbionts, detrimental microbial pathogens, and … Plant microbiomes hold the amazing ability to influence plant development, fitness and … This is a dynamic and complex ecosystem that includes bacteria, fungi, viruses. Resident viruses can be found in a …

… of natural products, Professor Bill Fenical from Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego. Bill is a pioneer … into the secondary metabolism of some more novel marine bacteria. You know, I first met Bill as a postdoc working … are many others, including Streptomycetes, which are common soil bacteria. DAN UDWARY: Yeah, we talk about them a lot …

… Program works to uncover the roles of small molecules in biological systems, linking them with genomic data to enhance our understanding … the program supports foundational research related to soil nutrient cycling and health, terrestrial biogeochemical … samples — including microbes, fungi, plants and soils. Through a combination of experimental workflows and …

… DAN UDWARY: You’re listening to the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … they spread, why do they spread in a certain way from one bacteria to another, how do they change then, and why are … of these environments? NADINE ZIEMERT: So we started with soil. But we also have, in collaboration with other people, …

… Research in the Woyke laboratory focuses on the utility of single-cell methods to access genetic material of … of microbial metabolism towards a minority of cultivated bacteria, still persists to date. Research Team    … show that the gap between cultivated and uncultivated Bacteria and Archaea has steadily been widening since 2005. …

… DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … through the stories I told you about geosmin, which is a bacterial sacred metabolite, and ergot alkaloids come from … products because they’re easy to find. They grow in the soil. These are the same guys that produce geosmin. And so …

… collaborative user projects, the JGI’s Plant Program delves into the natural world’s potential to address global challenges by exploring plants’ role in capturing carbon, detoxifying soils, interacting with other organisms, and adapting to … of how plants have naturally adapted to varied climate and soil conditions around the globe to identify genes to …

… right. Welcome back to Natural Prodcast. I did it. I’m keeping to my schedule. This should be coming out on the first … about several different pieces of her work, including bacterial quorum sensing and its effects on regulation of … or online catalog, I guess. So we've also been able to get soils from Purdue campus itself and been able to actually …

… is Professor Cassandra Quave from Emory University, with joint appointments in the School of Medicine and College of … and culture-disconnected. Like we’ll take some soil samples and sequence all the bugs out of that or … a check-up on me. And I wonder how that intersects with bacterial bioprospecting that is often done, where we’re …

… DAN: You’re listening to the US. .Department of Energy Joint Genome … for antibiotics and the microbes that make them is in the soil. There’s … uh… there’s an issue there though, in that … So, one of those is Acinetibacter . This is a genus of bacteria that’s really popped up at funding agencies and the …

… focuses on the exploration of secondary metabolites across bacteria, fungi, algae and plants. These molecules, which … growth, provide critical advantages to the organisms producing them, and are often involved in defense, nutrient acquisition and communication. …