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… and genomics to study endosymbiotic associations within microbial eukaryotes. He hopes to broaden our understanding of the roles these associations play in the evolutionary history of life. …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … the air, large swaths of the bleached, skeletal remains of trees can be seen. These plagued patches have become … in their neighborhoods and nearby forests with the right tools to track infection. The parallel development of the …

… “Microbes underpin so much of what we see on earth in terms of nutrient cycles and biogeochemical cycles…. Viruses play … at Colorado State University have many questions about the microbial communities deep underground, and before the …

… useful for scientific inquiry: it shows a full phylogenetic tree of more than 100 sequenced algal genomes — many … in algae. PhycoCosm joins other online data portals and tools created by JGI researchers, including the Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) system for …

… useful for scientific inquiry: it shows a full phylogenetic tree of more than 100 sequenced algal genomes — many … in algae. PhycoCosm joins other online data portals and tools created by JGI researchers, including the Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) system for …

… genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, researchers developed an algorithm that … genomes of Dothideomycetes, the largest class of fungi, by lifestyles. The machine “learned” to identify data generated … (Berkeley Lab), has generated a more accurate phylogenetic tree tracking the evolution of  Dothideomycetes fungi. The  …

Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing … The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” … level. Scientists might then harness them as molecular tools for research and industry applications. Summary In …

Genomes from uncultivated bacteria offers clues to ancestral bacteria’s energy sources. More … and Saganbacteria that diverged from the bacterial tree before Cyanobacteria and its contemporaries. … researchers from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Microbial Genome Program head Tanja Woyke of the U.S. …

… at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and an Adjunct Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology at University of California, Berkeley. He … (2018) Leveraging single-cell genomics to expand the fungal tree of life.  Nature Microbiol. 3(12):1417-1428. Haitjema …

… host health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that colonize Arabidopsis thaliana roots with … determine if these fungi act as friends or foes. The Impact Microbial communities comprised of fungi and bacteria can … Martin that contributed toward filling gaps on the fungal Tree of Life through the 1000 Fungal Genomes Project. …

Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) ! She is among the 68 new Fellows in … National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Woyke has led JGI’s Microbial Genomics Program since 2009 and heads the Single … offering the opportunity to refine the phylogenetic tree of giant viruses and revealing metabolic reprogramming …