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… Woyke as a pioneer in uncovering the hidden diversity of “microbial dark matter”–that uncultured and unknown majority … They cited her “landmark” 2013 Nature paper , which uncovered nearly 30 major previously uncharted branches of … American Academy of Microbiology (AAM). She has led JGI’s Microbial Genomics Program since 2009 and heads the Single …

… browser that allows other researchers to study the genomes and predict the metabolic abilities of these … GOLD and IMG data portals to get information about the genomes and genes of the organisms on the list. They also … more than 400 cultured rumen prokaryotes from the  Hungate1000 project . They also used the tool to predict possible …

… biology. Dr. Mouncey has a long-standing interest in microbial genetics that started with his education and … as a senior research scientist at Roche Vitamins, Inc. in New Jersey and DSM Nutritional Products in Switzerland, and … insecticides, fungicides, platform chemicals, cosmetics and new crop traits. Dr. Mouncey has successfully built …

… A new approach for improving functional annotation in fungal genomes. The Science In a proof-of-concept study, … including biofuel production. Efforts such as the 1000 Fungal Genomics Project led by the DOE Joint Genome …

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… first sampled the area in summer 2016.  She described the microbial diversity patterns of Puerto Nuevo’s coastal … and Higher Education at Ensenada (CICESE) in her first microbial ecology paper in the journal PLoS One . “Puerto … a fishing town and we know little about its coastal microbial ecology. We also know little about where to …

… and then efficiently retrieve and characterize their genomes. The Impact Despite great strides in generating genome sequences for members of the microbial world through bulk community sequencing … of HCR-FISH+FACS for selectively enriching low abundance microbial groups from complex natural communities. This type …

… plant host health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that colonize Arabidopsis thaliana roots … determine if these fungi act as friends or foes. The Impact Microbial communities comprised of fungi and bacteria can … toward filling gaps on the fungal Tree of Life through the 1000 Fungal Genomes Project. Hacquard’s group had assembled …