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… do on the leaf surface. More specifically, they found that microbial community composition and functional potential … in part by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … land and the atmosphere. Microbes living there can interact with chemical defenses of plants and influence nutrient …

… plant host health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that colonize Arabidopsis thaliana roots with genomes from other plant-associated fungi. Their … determine if these fungi act as friends or foes. The Impact Microbial communities comprised of fungi and bacteria can …

… National Lab biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge collaborated with JGI scientists on an ambitious project: to bring in robots to help process experiments that measure microbial activity in soil. Now, the researchers and robots …

… Woyke as a pioneer in uncovering the hidden diversity of “microbial dark matter”–that uncultured and unknown majority … American Academy of Microbiology (AAM). She has led JGI’s Microbial Genomics Program since 2009 and heads the Single …

… determination. Rhondene Wint, an alumna of the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI)-UC Merced internship program and current PhD student, reached this milestone with a recent publication in Molecular Biology and Evolution … and Asaf Salamov, and together, they embarked on a quest to better understand the factors and mechanics of gene …

… is more than just a funny word. The 500 species described within the group are responsible for roughly two-thirds of … and the focus of a  recent paper published in  Microbial Genomics .   “Studying actinomyces, especially … a scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …