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… novel flow cytometry protocols for targeted recovery of specific microbes. …

… sequences to what they do. But sequencing the genome of one short plant — fire moss — had an unexpected …

… to further develop a more diverse and inclusive pool of talent for career opportunities at JGI and Berkeley Lab. …

… in the Environmental Genomics & Systems Biology Division of the Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area.] …

… A tall native plant of the North American prairie, switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) has long been a tantalizing potential biofuel feedstock. But switchgrass has a complex genome and, … as a species, encompasses dizzying diversity. So, a team of scientists made an ambitious plan to begin to link the …

… a single protein. Recently reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , a team of researchers has found numerous examples of polycistronic … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence …

… New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main … called lignocellulose, are the primary components of hardy cell walls. It’s the cellulose and hemicellulose … shows how anaerobic fungi — the kind living in the stomachs of livestock — are actually capable of naturally modifying …

… With metagenomic sequencing, researchers have found more of these viruses than ever before, in all kinds of ecosystems. However, matching these viral genetic … archaea and bacteria hosts. The Impact Within the domains of archaea and bacteria, millions of  microbes govern …

… Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist … Roux , who was recently selected as the 2025 recipient of the Microbiome Data Prize by the American Society for … the JGI Metagenome Program, and coordinates the development of the virus and plasmid workflows for the National …

… Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex … Honey bees are invaluable pollinators — cupids of the plant world facilitating the remixing of genes in the next generation of flowering vegetation. In … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… mentors Yi Zhai and John Vogel on researching the effects of Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant … is Dr. Yi Zhai, and I’m currently working on the effect of plant root exudates in the rhizosphere and microbiome. … The rhizosphere is the area surrounding the roots of a plant in the soil. And I’m specifically working with a …