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Genome Institute’s “Natural Prodcast,” a podcast about the science and scientists of secondary metabolism.  DAN: Hey there. This is … and listen to the first two parts ( part 1 is here and part 2 is here ) so you understand what’s happened so far in the …

… computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are merely toolkits. To do … these hosts are microbes like bacteria, not humans. With metagenomic sequencing, researchers have found more of these … pairs to generate a matrix of data points.  Applied to 216,015 high-quality virus sequences in the IMG/VR database, …

New genomes highlight the diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula   The Science Shiitake mushrooms get their name from the same … from around the world. By complete sequencing of 24 new mushroom genomes, and assembling genomes from 60 …

A group led by JGI scientists have made strides in improving and applying a … researchers to quickly modify diverse bacterial genomes. In 2019, the JGI’s Yasuo Yoshikuni and his team  announced in  … of stable, synthetic microbial communities to take advantage of their joint metabolisms. Because, together, microbes …

… determination as they came onsite. From data carpentry to science communications, their schedules were filled with … and the fact that I got to do a project involving over 12,000 fungal genomes was just really, really exciting for me … limited experience with, and to do so with some of the top scientists in that subfield.     Byline: Graham Rutherford …

… described host-virus dynamics in a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms … a more systematic picture through single-cell and metagenomic sequencing. A team co-led by Mária Džunková, … and archaeal cells — and detected the virus in 34 hosts or 26 percent of the single cells. Metagenomics sequencing then …

… 2022 marks the JGI’s 25th anniversary . Over the next few … our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and environmental …

… she deciphered function and host-symbiont interplay using metagenomics. Taking on a Research Scientist position in 2007, she switched gears from … of Visiting Committee), NASA Exobiology.  … Volland et al. 2022. A centimeter-long bacterium with DNA contained in …

… to be the same species that covered World Cup pitches in 2022.                     …