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… “Where’s Waldo?” readers need to look for a number of distinguishing features. Several characters may be … By the numbers, the new approach detected inoviruses in 3,609 (6 percent) of the 56,868 microbial genomes and 2,249 … with nearly all bacterial phyla across virtually every ecosystem.” By significantly expanding the known diversity …

… it possible for researchers to get a close look at more ecosystems and organisms than ever before. In 2006, the JGI produced 33 billion base pairs of sequence; by 2023, that number was almost 717 trillion. … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… This is the third and final episode of our series on a giant metagenome assembly from … In the last two episodes, we’ve covered the specialized software and supercomputers behind this project. But every … researchers get these specialized snapshots of a freshwater ecosystem. …

… Journal publication caps JGI pilot project with fledgling Florida … school scientists. The Florida Everglades evokes images of fanboats skimming over swamps, while alligators peer … across southern Florida, they encompass a wide range of ecosystems ranging from wetlands to tree islands to …

… Tracking evolution of symbiotic lifestyles across multiple fungal lineages. The Science By comparing 135 fungal sequenced genomes, researchers were able to carry … role in soil carbon storage. Summary There are three types of fungal saprotrophs in the forest. White rot can break …

… Trent Northen’s group at Berkeley Lab created a fabricated ecosystem – an EcoFAB. These small plastic growth chambers let researchers … around the world compare their work consistently. And EcoFABs also work well in the classroom. This episode, we …

… Lake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been … lake for over 20 years, to understand how the freshwater ecosystem works.  So a few years ago, when they set out to … biggest project the JGI had ever put together.  The next 3 episodes are the story behind that giant assembly from …

… Kaushal Sharma, one of five Antioch High School rising juniors who participated … program is now an author on a Nucleic Acids Research publication. The paper describes the version 6 data updates … described his student’s contributions as reviewing close to 3,800 metagenomes to verify geographic locations and assign …

… From August 21-23, 2023, attendees joined the JGI Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting.  A wide array of invited … of organisms, and new views of how nutrients cycle through ecosystems. Of course, some of those collaborators, like … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… analyzing the enzymes present in the complex organic matrix of the forest floor, a team of researchers have found that … are more active in fixing and metabolizing nitrogen, a key ecosystem nutrient. The Impact This study is the first to … fungal enzymes actually outnumbered bacterial enzymes 3-to-1. Additionally, the fungal enzymes the team found …

… Science Program (CSP), researchers are developing a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system … Environments) project, assessing how northern peatland ecosystems respond to increases in temperature and elevated … carbon is stored in peatlands, which make up nearly 3 percent of the earth’s land surface. In the New …

… Rainforests store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil microbes play a key role in pulling that carbon out of the atmosphere. This episode, researchers take a look at … with their experiments in a fully enclosed, human-made ecosystem: Biosphere 2.      …