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… data would enable researchers’ insights on their potential carbon cycling impact.   The Science Enabled by the JGI’s … and the University of Vienna  reported recovering draft metagenome-assembled genomes for seven novel species of … JGI (CSP 605), the German Research Foundation (DFG, PE 2147/1-1), the European Union (FP7-People-2013-CIG, Grant No …

… in 2017 to lead viral genomics research as part of the Metagenome Program. His responsibilities include the … virome reveals diverse clades of bacteriophages. Cell 185, 4023–4037. Coclet et al., 2023. Virus diversity and activity … Host population diversity as a driver of viral infection cycle in wild populations of green sulfur bacteria with long …

… stories of JGI-supported research, connected to nutrient cycles. Francis Martin and Lucas Auer discuss their work on … floor fungi. Allison Joy looks into seagrass meadows' carbon sequestration with insights from Adam Healey and Xiao …

… in Complex Systems (LRC) in Menlo Park, Calif. In the June 24, 2022, issue of the journal Science, Volland and … of this giant filamentous bacterium, along with its life cycle. For most bacteria, their DNA floats freely within the … Group to better understand what this sulfur-oxidizing, carbon fixing bacterium was doing in the mangroves. …

A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold much of the Earth’s carbon as well as material that can be converted to energy, … as carbon sources. Summary Sphagnum, a genus of just under 400 mosses that can carry up to 25 times their dry weight in …

… a modified version of a specific chemical, where ordinary Carbon-12 atoms are swapped for the heavier, non-radioactive … For example, SIP experiments can show how soil microbes cycle nitrogen and carbon, or how freshwater ecosystems … easier to compare?” said Malmstrom, who worked with JGI Metagenome Program head Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh to host …

… may be akin to finding a single snowflake on a colored-in page of that book. Published online September 28, 2022, in … whose presence or absence can impact the planet’s nutrient cycles. While most organism’s genetic information is encoded … store their genetic information in RNA without a DNA stage. “I would argue RNA viruses globally are even less …

This is because MGEs can affect a microbe’s ability to cycle nutrients or produce new chemicals. They can also … network approach. The tool was employed to build version 4 of the JGI’s  IMG Virus Resource (IMG/VR) , now with more … currently has more than 700,000 plasmids from genomes, metagenomes and metatranscriptomes. To lower barriers to …

… soil. These fungi help shape a forest’s ecology. They store carbon and cycle key nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus.  This way, … Francis Martin will be a keynote speaker at the 2024 DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) Annual Genomics of Energy …

… these systems adapt and contribute to global biogeochemical cycles. Additional efforts in metabolic engineering and … in sustainable biofuel and bioproducts production, global carbon and nutrient cycling, and biogeochemistry.  You can …