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… Our lab is using mass spectrometry based metabolite profiling to provide direct biochemical datasets to improve our understanding of microbial metabolism. Of particular interest is … the distributed and dynamic metabolite networks of environmental microbes and how they transform their …

… researchers built an interactive and comprehensive database of fermentative prokaryotes. The Science Most organisms use … recently compiled a list of with more than 8,300 organisms from multiple sources, including the U.S. Department of … browser that allows other researchers to study the genomes and predict the metabolic abilities of these …

… The JGI mural on the 3rd floor of the Integrative Genomics Building whimsically references dozens of iconic JGI contributions to advancing the frontiers of environmental and energy genomics. Click on the images below …

…   The Science Scientists have fully decoded the genome of an oil-producing green alga, and demonstrated precise … gene targeting in the genome in the November 2025 issue of The Plant Cell. Auxenochlorella is an allodiploid hybrid … mission of the Department of Energy (DOE) Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program to advance a …

… JGI-led team significantly expands the global diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single … and genome size from small, to large and even giant. The genomes of giant viruses are on the order of 100 times the … available but also complementary single-cell sorting and sequencing of viruses together with their unicellular …

… Do metabolic pathways from engineered yeasts still work in cell-free environments? … Yeast strains engineered for the biochemical conversion of glucose to value-added products are limited in chemical … of cell growth by isolating the soluble components of lysed cells. By separating the production of enzymes (during …

… FY2025 Spending Profile The JGI is funded primarily by the DOE Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER), a program within the DOE …

… A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate change: pulling … to study both sides of this interaction up close, using RNA sequencing to understand gene expression: one of the first … as a reservoir for carbon compounds that plants generate from carbon dioxide they take in. In this way, encouraging …