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High-throughput stable isotope probing helps ID novel interactions between bacteria and fungi … automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial communities, with results published in …

The PhycoCosm data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science … also analyze gene expression from published experiments; study DNA methylation, which gives clues to how an organism … tools created by JGI researchers, including the Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) system for …

The PhycoCosm data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science … also analyze gene expression from published experiments; study DNA methylation, which gives clues to how an organism … tools created by JGI researchers, including the Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) system for …

With a new methodology, scientists are now getting more complete genomic results from single cells. The Science Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful …

Matt is broadly interested in the interactions between microbial life and environment, and using metagenomics to study these complex natural systems. Microbial communities …

How sex chromosomes “older than dinosaurs” could help improve crop yields.  The Science The … four times the size of the next largest chromosome. As the study first author Carey put it, these sex chromosomes first … Sigma-Xi Grant-In-Aid of Research, and Society for the Study of Evolution Rosemary Grant Award to S.B.C.; NSF …

A preview of how large-scale single cell genomics complements metagenomics studies. The … of bioinformatics tools for  extracting snippets of microbial genomes directly from environmental sequence data, … cannot be cultivated in the lab. What makes this particular study unique is the application of single cell genomics to a …

Machine learning approach significantly expands inovirus … a computer could use to conduct a similar type of search in microbial and metagenomic databases. In this case, the … the way we currently isolate and extract viruses,” said the study’s lead author Simon Roux, a JGI research scientist in …

… for multiple applications.       Despite advances in sequencing technologies and computational methods in the … have uncovered genomes for just a small fraction of Earth’s microbial diversity. Because most microbes cannot be … Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase) . Metagenomics is the study of the microbial communities in the environmental …

… diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single drop of water could outnumber a small city’s … much less those considered large and giant. In a recent study  published in the journal  Nature , a team led by … noted study senior author  Tanja Woyke , who heads JGI’s  Microbial Program . The team mined more than 8,500 publicly …