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… Life as we know it wouldn’t exist without cyanobacteria; … began oxygenating Earth over two billion years ago. A team of researchers set out to Yellowstone National Park to study how cyanobacteria are living, communally, in microbial mats. Along the way, they’ve encountered …

… further demystify biosynthetic gene clusters.  The Science Microbial secondary metabolites, those molecules not … has historically been limited due to the lack of robust tools available for carrying CRISPR into microorganisms. … As a demonstration, the researchers used CRAGE-CRISPR for discovering active secondary metabolites and helping them …

… Institute.  The Science Researchers report the discovery of miniature Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short … was made possible by mining the datasets in the Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) suite of tools managed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint …

… fungal genomes, omics data and comparative analysis tools. Questions and Answers 1.  Q(uestion): Do you accept … A(nswer): Our focus is on fungi, algae, plants, and the microbial world but we also annotated several Phytophthora … ( https://phycocosm.jgi.doe.gov/oomycota ) on PhycoCosm tree with several sequenced genomes. 2.  Q: How exactly …

… metabolites for multiple applications. The planet’s microbial diversity is immense, yet much of it remains … has helped to define the current shape of the microbial tree of life by filling in genomic information for thousands … type-strain deposits. All of these genome sequences and the tools to compare them are available on the JGI’s Integrated …

… The Prokaryote Advisory Committee is chartered to offer advice, guidance and counsel on the effective management and strategic objectives of the microbial and metagenome programs and report back to …

… Dr. Yasuo Yoshikuni has been head of the DNA Synthesis Science Program since 2015. The mission … and renewable chemicals, developing genome engineering tools for non-model organisms, modulating microbe-microbe … sugar polymers in macroalgae and developing the first microbial platform technologies unlocking the potential of …

… The JGI was honored to host some of the brightest minds in genetics as part of our  2022 … made possible by CRISPR-Cas9; the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Assaf Vardi, who delved into algae blooms and the … audience down memory lane, recounting the earliest days of discovering CRISPR-Cas9, the powerful gene editing …

… understanding of the bacteria potentially holds the key to discovering new antiviral medicines and treatments for … and the focus of a  recent paper published in  Microbial Genomics .   “Studying actinomyces, especially … other related organisms, requires using more specialized tools, skills and protocols,” explained Hiroshi Otani, an …