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Mini-Metagenomics Approach Helps Identify Novel Archaeal … recent studies now suggest the gene cluster predates this microbial group. Recently published in the Proceedings of … is typically observed, but to the “TACK” superphylum,” said study first author Bojk Berghuis. “This provided us with …

… for multiple applications.       Despite advances in sequencing technologies and computational methods in the … have uncovered genomes for just a small fraction of Earth’s microbial diversity. Because most microbes cannot be … Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase) . Metagenomics is the study of the microbial communities in the environmental …

… a wildfire. The Science After a wildfire burns, recovery begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of … return to health, researchers have taken a look at microbial genomes across a spectrum of burned soils. By … genes with functions useful for forest recovery, this study sheds light on how microbes contribute as a forest …

… diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single drop of water could outnumber a small city’s … much less those considered large and giant. In a recent study  published in the journal  Nature , a team led by … noted study senior author  Tanja Woyke , who heads JGI’s  Microbial Program . The team mined more than 8,500 publicly …

Machine learning approach significantly expands inovirus … a computer could use to conduct a similar type of search in microbial and metagenomic databases. In this case, the … the way we currently isolate and extract viruses,” said the study’s lead author Simon Roux, a JGI research scientist in …

Microbial cells infected by viruses undergo metabolic reprogramming. The … The Ohio State University and the University of Michigan studying how virus infections cause significant metabolic … microbes, the answer is no. They refer to the infected microbial cells as virocells, a change in name first …

Collaboratory encourages user engagement. The Science In addition to the core set of "primary metabolites"—chemical compounds shared by most living creatures for energy, growth and reproduction—most … a secondary metabolites portal within the Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) system known as …