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… challenges, characterizing viruses is a key step. For decades, though, many viruses have been somewhat … & Microbiomes database to include a dedicated section for viruses, so researchers around the world would have … JGI researcher Antonio Camargo developed a new pipeline for identifying viruses across many thousands of genomes and …

The Science After a wildfire burns, recovery begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, … and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, paving the way for future plants and trees to grow. However, fire changes … which microbes are present. This study, published in Nature Microbiology , went a step further, using both DNA and …

… to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant for energy: Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, … naturally modifying lignin.  The Impact Traditional methods for breaking down biomass use aerobic methods (those using … at Santa Barbara  recently published a paper in  Nature Microbiology offering irrefutable evidence that lignin can, …

… he served as a Research Molecular Biologist at the USDA for 12 years where he was a driving force behind the development of numerous genomic resources … of Brachypodium distachyon as an experimental model for the grasses. In addition to this fundamental work, he …

… diversity reveals seed dispersal in wild populations for the first time. For years, Elizabeth (Toby) Kellogg and other researchers at the Danforth Plant Science Center (Danforth Center) drove up and …

… viruses (NCLDV) supergroup. The expansion of the diversity for large and giant viruses offered the researchers insights … possible to seek out and characterize uncultivated viruses. For instance, a 2018 study from a JGI-led team uncovered giant viruses in the soil for the first time. The current study applied a multi-step …

For many scientists, the culmination of their work into a … my first publication and it feels so rewarding,” Wint said. For Axel Visel, JGI Science Deputy and a co-founder of the … She continued working virtually with her JGI mentors for nearly three years after her internship. “That level of …