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… and fungi that can help or harm plant host health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that … determine if these fungi act as friends or foes. The Impact Microbial communities comprised of fungi and bacteria can … of the key community participants and enabling future metagenomics studies.   …

… computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are merely toolkits. To do … opens the possibility of using phages to engineer microbial communities. One day, these phages could boost … nutrient cycling, or carbon sequestration. Summary Existing programs use a variety of approaches to match a virus with a …

… green growth appears on top of farmers’ fields: a microbial community that might be quietly improving the soil. Penn State researchers Mary Ann Bruns and Terry Bell …

… the development of the comparative analysis platforms for microbial genomes and metagenomes (IMG). He became the Metagenomics Program head in 2010 and has the combined Microbial … on Microbiome Research with an emphasis on Microbiome Data Science. His group is developing novel methods for enabling …

… Genome Institute (JGI) is offering a five-day workshop on Microbial Genomics and Metagenomics. Details: mgm.jgi.doe.gov   This … familiarize users with the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) data and workflows for computational …

… A deep dive into microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of four ecologically distinct groups with different lifestyles. The Science The bacterium SAR324 is unusually cosmopolitan. In … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is supported under contract number …

… joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2017 as the fourth Director in its 27-year history. He has a wealth of … biology. Dr. Mouncey has a long-standing interest in microbial genetics that started with his education and … and Bioprocessing R&D Director and Leader at Dow AgroSciences in Indianapolis. During his time in industry, Dr. …

… mobile genetic elements like plasmids and viruses. The Science Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are genetic entities … National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), with computing resources provided by NERSC, another user facility at Berkeley … in soils and water. MGEs like viruses and plasmids drive microbial processes and evolution. This is because MGEs can …