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… Czech Academy of Sciences first needed to build a detailed database on the denizens in the soil. While large protein databases, like UniProt, exist, are not specific enough for … at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, to create the database. JGI provided metagenome and metatranscriptome …

… available  Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) database, they successfully crafted the Novel Metagenome … majority of these protein families belonged to bacteria and viruses, though 6 million of the sequences evaded …

… membrane. Two decades ago, a team discovered a group of viruses that had in their genomes a surprising tool: a … cells. Since that discovery, DGRs have been found in other viruses, bacteria, and archaea. But how widely distributed … are not only widespread, but also surprisingly active. In viruses, DGRs appear to generate diversity quickly, allowing …

… through JGI’s Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) platform. These data allowed researchers to define a … horizontal gene transfer mechanisms involved significant sized pieces.  Interestingly, much of the strain variation appeared related to defense against viruses. Experiments infecting H. lacusprofundi with an …