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… “Microbes underpin so much of what we see on earth in terms of nutrient cycles and biogeochemical cycles…. Viruses play a pretty important role in the cycling of nutrients in these systems.” -Mike …

Data from marine heatwave event may foreshadow climate change impact on … predictive models on how climate change may impact marine microbes and by extension, the ocean’s capacity to act as a … saw populations shift. Smaller picoplankton and free-living microbes that can fix carbon dioxide replaced organic matter …

Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes … has identified the major metabolic roles of constituent microbes, publishing their findings in the  Proceedings of …

Uncovering associations between plant roots and fungi that can help … but they’re not always immediately apparent. Similarly, the microbes found in plant roots may have unknown roles. Some … fungi must be kept in check by the host and other microbes not to impede host health. For JGI Fungal Program …

For the first time in several years, the DOE Joint Genome Institute hosted several UC Merced students this past …

Meta-omics datasets show that CRISPR-Cas systems determine mutualism or parasitism between some archaeal hosts and their hitchhikers. The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny hitchhikers. These organisms …

To provide broad plant genomic capabilities, the DOE Joint Genome Institute works in partnership with the HudsonAlpha Institute for …

… of Microbiology (AAM) ! She is among the 68 new Fellows in the Class of 2020, selected from 118 nominees. The selection process for AAM Fellows is based on … methods to access the genetic material of uncultivated microbes and link their genomes to the roles they play in …

… to Tanja Woyke, who has been awarded the van Niel International Prize for Studies in Bacterial Systematics for the triennium 2017-2020! … dark matter”–that uncultured and unknown majority of microbes in, on and around the planet–through techniques …

… diversity hotspots Over the past few decades, advancements in sequencing technologies have led to an abundance of … art of hands-on microbiology and experimental validation.  Microbes run the world, playing key roles in regulating … gained from understanding the interactions between microbes, hosts, and their environments could be applied to …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements … the dispersed oil.   Terry Hazen on Oceanospirillales microbes   Terry Hazen Perspective on the Deepwater Horizon …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s “Natural Prodcast,” a podcast about the science …