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… a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But … interactions? Do generalist viruses run rampant, capable of infecting different host species? Or, do they tend to … the mat’s viruses specialize to single hosts, and instead of lysing them, which appears to be prevalent in marine …

… and Mark Soghomonian share what it was like to take on one of these genomes.  …

… for User Science (FICUS) program, two Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national user facilities—the  Environmental …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … use whole-genome shotgun sequencing to analyze the 730-megabase Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench genome. Sorghum was the … on Phytozome … Learn more on the EPICON project … Plant Datasets … Also on Phytozome …

… get any sunlight, and yet they still support a unique array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions. … five oceanic regions. In doing so, they found a high degree of variability in the types of microorganisms that inhabit … and metabolic potential of the communities studied. The datasets are available on the JGI’s  Integrated Microbial …

Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The … 400 root and leaf samples and helped analyze the sequencing datasets. The results from the first year showed that 10,727 … Medical Institute. … Sorghum on Phytozome Data Portal … Datasets …

… data portal with over 2,000 fungal genomes and multi-omics datasets, equipped with interactive web-based tools for …

Her current research focuses on leveraging thousands of metagenomic datasets from host-associated and environmental samples to … Fellow at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation as part of the Marine Microbiology Initiative. She conducted her …

… is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, regulate Earth’s … play a critical role in the global carbon cycle, and are of significant interest for their potential contributions to … as an energy source.  Until recently, our understanding of these methanogenic microorganisms was narrowed to a type …

… impact on marine microbial communities. The Science A team of researchers tracked the impact of a large-scale heatwave event in the ocean known as “The Blob.” The event was recorded during a long-term study of microbial communities in the northeastern subarctic …

… the JGI in 2017 to lead viral genomics research as part of the Metagenome Program. His responsibilities include the development of novel computational tools to identify virus sequences, … host(s), collaboration with JGI users for analyzing viral datasets, and the organization of community-building efforts …

… function in bacteria. Since 2016, he has been the lead of the User Support Analysis group. The group performs … analysis and develops automated pipelines for analysis of resequencing, transcriptome, epigenome and other functional genomics datasets generated by JGI user science projects. … BS in …