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… 2019 in Nature Communications , two research teams joined forces and data sets to describe bacterial genomes for related (“sibling”) lineages Margulisbacteria and … Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE missions related to clean energy …

Mini-Metagenomics Approach Helps Identify Novel Archaeal Methane … cycle. All methanogenic archaea use one of three pathways for methanogenesis: hydrogen-dependent and CO2-reducing, or … Obsidian Pool hot spring. The researchers applied mini-metagenomics to these samples by sorting the microbes into small …

The BioSANS instrument is at the Center for Structural Molecular Biology (CSMB) at Oak Ridge … instrument when applying to the FY2022 EMSL-JGI FICUS call for proposals. Presentations from: Scott Lea, EMSL’s … Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE missions related to clean energy …

… the microbes there,” said Simon Roux , the Viral Genomics Group Lead at the JGI.  To understand the … challenges, characterizing viruses is a key step. For decades, though, many viruses have been somewhat … Along with highlighting the viruses in a given sample, metagenomics shed light on another key aspect of viruses in the …

… energy and environmental challenges.   Scanning the California oak woodlands from the air, large swaths of the … can be seen. These plagued patches have become kindling for the inevitable next firestorm. The majestic sentinel … served as just that on a catastrophic scale from Baja California north into Oregon and beyond. The disease is known …

… challenges they overcame, and what new skill sets they look forward to taking back to school.  The interns from this … it just showed me when people have a goal and passion for it, it’s possible to do amazing things. And it made me … And also specifically, it sparked my interest in bioformatics, so that’s what I’m gonna take with me to the …

… compounds shared by most living creatures for energy, growth and reproduction—most organisms produce a … (SMC) has launched as an interactive public database for the research community. With more than 13 million BGCs … biosynthetic gene clusters and secondary metabolites information from isolate and metagenome data.   The SMC ( …

… by minimizing flood risks and filtering water. Peat formed there over thousands of years sequesters more carbon … vegetation types in the world combined. Harvesting peat for energy has been increasingly discouraged due to … Berkeley National Laboratory, and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology sequenced sphagnum  genomes from plants …

… virus sequences vary widely. In a previous effort, an international consortium recommended specific guidelines and best practices for characterizing uncultivated viruses. Following up on … which limits the ability of researchers to accurately perform functional assessment, host prediction, and …

Science A team led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley used a multi-omics approach to reconstruct … hemicellulose. The Impact N. crassa is the model organism for filamentous fungi, all of which contain a wide array of … components present in plant biomass. This is of interest for bioenergy researchers looking to improve the industrial …

For the first time, a team has comprehensively described … a more systematic picture through single-cell and metagenomic sequencing. A team co-led by Mária Džunková, … virus in 34 hosts or 26 percent of the single cells. Metagenomics sequencing then allowed the team to ask, for the 34 …

… occupy more space on Earth than any other ecosystem. Therefore, understanding the microbial activity that dominates … years ago and has been well-studied by many researchers for nearly five decades. In these frigid systems, where … collected over a 10-year period and sent to JGI for metagenomic sequencing. A study  recently published in  …