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… large and giant viruses offered the researchers insights into how they might interact with their hosts, and how those … biogeographic distribution of these viruses in the various ecosystems, their diversity, their predicted metabolic … noted study senior author  Tanja Woyke , who heads JGI’s  Microbial Program . The team mined more than 8,500 publicly …

… and environmental DNA sequencing to explore microbial and plant interactions across unique ecosystems, from alpine soils to tropical glaciers.  …

… A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which … majority of the ground cover in peatlands. These boggy ecosystems are acidic and have very little oxygen, which is … gas emissions as well as the need to protect these vital ecosystems. Peat bogs have two distinct zones: Hummocks and …

… Science group led by Nikos Kyrpides , mining the Integrated Microbial Genomics & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system’s immense … accessible metagenomic datasets from a wide variety of ecosystems around the world, conducting iterative searches … Banfield is a pioneer in metagenomic studies, recovering microbial genomes from biofilm samples at the Richmond Mine …

… Database has matured from six projects on a spreadsheet into a flagship  genomic metadata repository, making curated … scheme to better define the genomic information and ecosystems. These curated data are accessible on JGI data portals including the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system, enhancing …

… species, such as nutrient transporters, were co-opted into symbiotic functions. Recently published in  Nature … Initiative (CSP # 305), Metatranscriptomics of Forest Soil Ecosystems project (CSP # 570) and the 1000 Fungal Genome …