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… entities that seek to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are … viruses and plasmids. They can be found in virtually all of Earth’s ecosystems. A software tool  recently described in  … Resource (IMG/VR) , now with more than 15 million viral genomes. It was also key to developing the first version of …

… a condition known as polyploidy. The multiple copies arise from past genome duplication, which occurs in two basic … developed a method to correctly identify polyploid subgenomes without needing to know the genomes of their ancestors. The method was tested on a …

… and more virus sequences are being recovered and identified from environmental samples (metagenomes). However, the quality and completeness of … database that is part of the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) suite, as well as sequences from the …

… build proteins. What Wint and her mentors discovered in the genomes helped to reinforce Charles Darwin’s “survival of … Wint said. “Fungi play an important role in the earth’s ecosystem,” said Salamov, one of Wint’s mentors and … covering the entire kingdom of fungi. “The information from this project may also have a practical relevance with …

… are abundant and yet exceptionally small, with mini genomes to match. As a result, they cannot process all of … they likely help their hosts. The Impact Meters below the Earth’s surface, within the crust, there is a vast ecosystem … Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory, Hokkaido, Japan. From samples of both environments, they used fluorescence  …

… in extreme environments. They also produce a range of novel enzymes and other biomolecules that could potentially … and other microorganisms that live there.  Researchers from Portland State University and the University of … datasets are available on the JGI’s  Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) portal. The study,  published …