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The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” … on its tail fibers to latch onto a specific target on the microbial cell’s membrane. Two decades ago, a team … the dice. There’s some evidence to support the idea. Study coauthor Stephen Nayfach, a JGI bioinformatics …

… to an exceptional caliber of scientists.” For her project, “Microbial Community Structure and Methane Production in … Susannah Tringe, JGI’s User Programs deputy and head of the Microbial Systems group. Tringe’s research group focuses on … and metabolism, work on which she will expand with her study of microbes in California’s manmade water transport …

… for functional annotation/curation of your genomes Microbial (IMG–ER) Metagenome and Single Cell (IMG/ M-ER) …

… return to health, researchers have taken a look at microbial genomes across a spectrum of burned soils. By connecting microbial genes with functions useful for forest recovery, this study sheds light on how microbes contribute as a forest …

… recent studies now suggest the gene cluster predates this microbial group. Recently published in the Proceedings of … Following that work, they partnered once more with JGI Microbial Program head Tanja Woyke and her Single Cells team … is typically observed, but to the “TACK” superphylum,” said study first author Bojk Berghuis. “This provided us with …

Microbial cells infected by viruses undergo metabolic … The Ohio State University and the University of Michigan studying how virus infections cause significant metabolic … microbes, the answer is no. They refer to the infected microbial cells as virocells, a change in name first …

… 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 … and the Georgia Institute of Technology focused on microbial communities from freshwater ecosystems, including, …

… have uncovered genomes for just a small fraction of Earth’s microbial diversity. Because most microbes cannot be … approaches. Identifying and characterizing the planet’s microbial diversity is key to understanding the roles of … Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase) . Metagenomics is the study of the microbial communities in the environmental …