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…   Visualizing a novel, candidate viral genome found in the deep … researchers described how the viruses repeatedly attempted to infect and destroy the host archaea – and how the  … at virus infections. Their genomes include short DNA sequences that code for CRISPR systems, which help bacteria …

Across four forests, researchers have leveraged data from the 1000 Fungal Genomes project to form new connections between fungal guilds, genes and … yet,” said Igor Grigoriev, Fungal Genomics Program Head at the JGI.  Along with an improved …

David Hibbett of Clark University fills us in on the kind of decay that makes shiitake mushrooms special. This week, he and 39 collaborators published a paper tracing how these mushrooms have …

JGI-led team significantly expands the global diversity of large and … of viruses in the same drop—the vast majority not harmful to humans could be even larger. Viruses infect bacteria, … senior author  Tanja Woyke , who heads JGI’s  Microbial Program . The team mined more than 8,500 publicly available …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable … by Daniel Rokhsar, head of the JGI’s Computational Biology Program, along with JGI Computational Scientist Simon … sequences have been cited in almost one-fourth (23.8%) of publications focused on that specific algae. The reference …

Congratulations to Jane Grimwood, who has been appointed the … heads the Library Construction group for the JGI Plant Program . Her collaborations with the JGI began soon after … large-scale multi-institutional JGI projects and resulting publications that Grimwood contributed to include: A 2021 …

A collaborative team led by Geoffrey Schiebinger at the … the paper also aligns with his DOE  Early Career Research Program (ECRP) award, which is also focused on single-cell … with resulting reports and a  perspective article . Publication: Shahan R et al.  A single cell Arabidopsis root …

Before 2006, Olpidium was one of the many obscure fungi of Chytridiomycota (the … link in the evolution and transition of fungi from aquatic to terrestrial habitats. The work is part of the JGI’s 1000 … attracted the attention of many mycologists with the two publications of the kingdom-wide, multi-gene phylogeny of …

How sex chromosomes “older than dinosaurs” could help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . … so rapidly in gene content and structure. He and JGI Plant Program head Jeremy Schmutz already see how lessons from …

Metagenomic datasets could help map out microbial diversity … decades, advancements in sequencing technologies have led to an abundance of microbial genomes becoming available to … a census of publicly available bacterial and archaeal sequences. Kyrpides heads the JGI’s Microbiome Data Science …