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… multiple institutions have sequenced and analyzed the genome of an alga that thrives in saltwater (halotolerant) … but mighty. An analysis in the 2017 Bioeconomy Report estimated that the United States has the capacity to produce … was identified as a highly-productive algal strain that primarily produces biomass as lipids and carbohydrates. At …

… Genomes from uncultivated bacteria offers clues to ancestral … teams joined forces and data sets to describe bacterial genomes for related (“sibling”) lineages Margulisbacteria … Paula Matheus Carnevali was working with a group of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) dubbed Margulisbacteria, and …

… by Tanja Woyke at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … to sort cells into several small pools, followed by whole genome amplification and shotgun sequencing. The team first … To validate the predicted cellulases from their captured genomes, the team then used DNA synthesis and cloning, …

… break down PCE into the chemical compound ethene. Applying genome sequencing and analysis, the researchers identified … were sequenced by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … data. (Data from the project are available on the  JGI Genome Portal .) The team has also been able to discover …

… consequences of microbe-microbe interactions. Using metagenomes recovered directly from environmental samples and … dependent on the other for required nutrients—is genome size. The obligate symbiont’s genome is often reduced … electron microscopy (TEM) provided high resolution images confirming the  Hrr. lacusprofundi  were directly …

… user capability between the JGI and Molecular Foundry for genome-encoded biomaterial discovery, design, and … into the red algae and eukaryotic evolution from the genome of Porphyra umbilicalis (Bangiophyceae, Rhodophyta). … Selected Publications …

…   Visualizing a novel, candidate viral genome found in the deep subsurface ecosystem. The Science … of countering multiple attempts at virus infections. Their genomes include short DNA sequences that code for CRISPR … as a model system to study virus-host interactions. Approximately 150 archaeal viruses had been previously identified. …

… This is where the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … more than 10 papers, including two Nature Plants publications, in five years, have come out of the … is famous for its work sequencing human and environmental genomes. But we now have these DNA synthesis capabilities …

… Methane Metabolism. Methane-producing archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which … Biohub, and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user … and Verstraetearchaeota lineages. The archaeal genome was detected in samples collected by Stephen Quake’s …

… Fungal and Algal Program head Igor Grigoriev , Plant & Animal Science category Plant Program Library Construction … & Genetics Staff Data Scientist Asaf Salamov, Plant & Animal Science category Plant Program head Jeremy Schmutz (at … a long-term project to sequence, annotate and analyze the genomes of more than 300 Aspergillus Go here to learn more …

… and then efficiently retrieve and characterize their genomes. The Impact Despite great strides in generating genome sequences for members of the microbial world through … allow researchers to focus on specific microbes within metagenome samples and associate their sequences with their …