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PCR and Omics Based Techniques to Study the Diversity, Ecology and Biology of Anaerobic Fungi: Insights, Challenges and Opportunities
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Transcription Factor Family-Based Reconstruction of Singleton Regulons and Study of the Crp/Fnr, ArsR, and GntR Families in Desulfovibrionales Genomes
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Data Discovery Tool Helps Identify Microbial Roles within Metagenomes
… Protein annotations provide insights into environmental … Metagenome Stability Diagram — a tool within the Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) platform — has … could allow them to manipulate microbiomes to facilitate microbial solutions to challenging environmental problems, …
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Simon Roux Named 2025 ASM Microbiome Data Prize Awardee
… Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist Simon Roux , who … and management best practices that have advanced the microbial sciences. The Prize also recognizes innovative and … has changed our understanding of the microbiome and the microbial sciences field. Roux will be recognized at the …
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Notes on the Microbial Diversity of Puerto Nuevo’s Coastline
… Puerto Nuevo is a small town along the Baja California coastline in Mexico. While conducting early field studies related … first sampled the area in summer 2016.  She described the microbial diversity patterns of Puerto Nuevo’s coastal … and Higher Education at Ensenada (CICESE) in her first microbial ecology paper in the journal PLoS One . “Puerto …
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Global Diversity of the Brachypodium Species Complex as a Resource for Genome-Wide Association Studies Demonstrated for Agronomic Traits in Response to Climate
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Systematic Identification of Gene Families for Use as “Markers” for Phylogenetic and Phylogeny-Driven Ecological Studies of Bacteria and Archaea and Their Major Subgroups
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Genome-Wide Association Studies across Environmental and Genetic Contexts Reveal Complex Genetic Architecture of Symbiotic Extended Phenotypes
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From Stress to Growth: The adaptive mechanisms of algae in changing Arctic waters
… P. psychrophila genes drive resilience when salinity fluctuates. The Science The Arctic microalga Plocamiomonas psychrophila can thrive in changing conditions. A recent study shows that when salinity is reduced in its … The study was funded by Natural Sciences and Engineering …
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Eelgrass Proves to Be Much Younger Than We Thought
… Recent study shows eelgrass has been around about 2.5 million years … The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading around … began colonizing the oceans  about 3 million years ago. The study shows that figure is likely closer to a mere 250,000 …
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Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh
… Dr. Eloe-Fadrosh joined the JGI in 2014 to pursue her research interests in microbial ecology and metagenomics. Her current research … of Maryland School of Medicine and her graduate work in microbial oceanography at Scripps Institution of … to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …
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Digging into Microbial Ecosystems Deep Underground
… “Microbes underpin so much of what we see on earth in terms of nutrient cycles and biogeochemical cycles…. … at Colorado State University have many questions about the microbial communities deep underground, and before the …
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