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… and then efficiently retrieve and characterize their genomes. The Impact Despite great strides in generating genome sequences for members of the microbial world through … allow researchers to focus on specific microbes within metagenome samples and associate their sequences with their …

… mobile genetic elements that were missed within paired metagenome assembled genomes (MAGs), and that dominant populations varied with … microbes help regulate the planet’s nutrient cycles and are potentially of use in fields ranging from agriculture to … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is …

… researchers focused on the full composition of genes, or pangenome, of the model plant  Marchantia polymorpha. Commonly … 35 major evolutionary plant lineages in the  Open Green Genomes Initiative , a project supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …

… lysogeny, they can insinuate themselves inside the host’s genome, living quietly and replicating with their host … researcher at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … and archaeal cells — and detected the virus in 34 hosts or 26 percent of the single cells. Metagenomics sequencing then …

… Nandita is involved in developing new methods to improve genome recovery from single cells and to build sequencing …

… combines custom flow cytometric analysis, cell sorting, genome amplification, PCR screening, and 16S sequencing. She …

… over 1.3 million publicly available bacterial and archaeal genome and contig sources.  The Impact Secondary metabolites … or tools. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … metabolites portal within the Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) system known as IMG-ABC. …

… Nucleocytoviricota , these giant viruses boast larger genomes than many bacteria. Until recently, understanding of … virions (700 nm in diameter) to much smaller virions (120 nm in diameter). Across the phylum  Nucleocytoviricota , … that viruses are more abundant than previously thought, and potentially even more abundant than bacteria. A fourth …

… for User Facilities (FICUS) program for fiscal year 2026, in partnership with the Environmental Molecular Sciences … user facilities. Focus areas for these projects include biofuels, biomaterials and bioproducts; …

… with different lifestyles. The Science The bacterium SAR324 is unusually cosmopolitan. In the ocean’s North Pacific … periodically at different depths. In order to determine the genome structure of SAR324 cells and their gene expression, the team then sequenced community genomes and expressed gene transcripts (metagenomes, …

… Since joining the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying secondary metabolism in … in bacterial RiPP biosyntheses. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol. 2023 Feb 17;50(1):kuad005. Otani H, Udwary DW, Mouncey NJ. …

… juniors who participated in internships at the DOE Joint Genome Institute this summer through the Biotech Partners … the version 6 data updates and feature enhancements to the Genomes OnLine Database (GOLD) administered by the DOE JGI. … reviewed and assigned NCBI taxonomy name and IDs for nearly 20,000 public/private mtagenome biosamples in GOLD. “Besides …