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… recent Nature Communications paper, uncovering giant virus sequences in soil for the first time. A second approach … sequence reads to link mobile elements such as plasmids to microbial host cells. In a separate article, research … nature. In the last few years, mapping the planet’s viral diversity has advanced drastically, aided by genome assembly …

… with a nucleus). In part because of this evolutionary diversity, algal genomes can be incredibly complex and difficult to sequence and understand. A team of researchers led by Algal … tools created by JGI researchers, including the Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) system for …

… Jan. 12 workshop: The Rapidly Expanding Genomics of Algae   With advances in genomics technologies, keen … of algae, and sampling of the length and breadth of algal diversity, the numbers of sequenced algal genomes, and the quality of those genomes, …

… is eager to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers. That’s why each year we look for novel research projects — aligned … of desert grasslands to the metabolic savviness of microbial ecosystems at the forest floor and along ocean …

… JGI-led team significantly expands the global diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in … genomes of uncultivated giant viruses from environmental sequences across the globe, then using these sequences to … noted study senior author  Tanja Woyke , who heads JGI’s  Microbial Program . The team mined more than 8,500 publicly …

… Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist … and management best practices that have advanced the microbial sciences. The Prize also recognizes innovative and … discussions on how to capture and characterize viral diversity, understand the role of viruses in natural …