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… array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions. At these vents, and underwater volcanoes,  … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, … the communities studied. The datasets are available on the JGI’s  Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) …

A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The … boggy wetlands produces an estimated 5% of annual greenhouse gas emissions. Understanding how sphagnum, a primary …

Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when … other forms of  Chloroflexota that adapted to marine environments hundreds of millions of years ago.  The Impact … A recent study published in  The ISME Journal     focused on a class within  Chloroflexota called  …

Janey provides support for custom single-cell user projects and projects within the group. …

Ken leads the development and maintenance of analytical tools and user interface components for the IMG family of systems. …

Marianne is an affiliate researcher who uses metagenomics to study giant viruses in cold marine environments and is interested in analyzing genes that can impact the metabolism of their hosts. …

Matt is broadly interested in the interactions between microbial life and environment, and using … places that are considered to be inhospitable to humans are of particular interest. Matt also supports various CSP and FICUS user projects for the Metagenome Program. …

The US Department of Energy’s favorite tree is poplar. They’re the fastest … for bioenergy. In this episode, hear from Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists who have uncovered remarkable … genetic secrets that bring us closer to making poplar an economical and sustainable source of energy and materials. …

David Hibbett of Clark University fills us in on the kind of decay that makes shiitake mushrooms special. This week, …

… edible grain. But there are some sorghum varieties, grown on marginal land with little water, which were developed … specifically to turn their biomass into sustainable biofuel and bioproducts. John Mullet, a biologist at Texas A&M …

… a renewable energy future? Can they help lock away more carbon? Xiaohan Yang, a scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, believes they can. And, what’s more, that … using gene editing technology to conscientiously mix traits of different plant species will help us get there. …

JGI's Simon Roux describes the structure and content of the IMG/VR v3 database (img.jgi.doe.gov/vr), the latest release of IMG …