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… with a flashlight, only able to clearly identify what falls within that single beam. When it comes to microbial … online Oct. 11, 2023 in  Nature highlights the vast array of functional diversity of microbes through a novel approach to better understand … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… 21-23, 2023, attendees joined the JGI Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting.  A wide array of invited … the virosphere Keynote Talk Title : “Redefining Virus Macroevolution” Edward Holmes is an evolutionary virologist at … and what factors determine how a particular virus evolves within a particular ecosystem. There is a wide range of …

… user engagement. The Science In addition to the core set of "primary metabolites"—chemical compounds shared by most … more than 13 million BGCs in the catalog at the time of publication, it is the largest repository of BGC sequence … experience in developing a secondary metabolites portal within the Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes …

… to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. … like viruses and plasmids drive microbial processes and evolution. This is because MGEs can affect a microbe’s … Over time, MGEs can help microbes gain a competitive edge within an ecosystem. They influence the composition of the …

… three new members earlier this month – Sneha Couvilion of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Chris Schadt of … lead on PNNL’s Soil Microbiome SFA. She serves as Secretary within the Microbial Ecology Section of the Ecological … is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology at UCSB, where she leads a …