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Micro-Scale Applications group explores the genetic makeup of natural microbial communities using a variety of cutting-edge approaches.  Our group also seeks out new …

Puerto Nuevo is a small town along the Baja California coastline in Mexico. While conducting early field studies related … UC Merced graduate student Sabah Ul-Hasan and alumnus of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program, first … the area in summer 2016.  She described the microbial diversity patterns of Puerto Nuevo’s coastal waters and …

Harnessing BER-funded data resources, researchers built an interactive and comprehensive database of fermentative prokaryotes. The Science Most organisms use … phenotype and genotype of fermentative prokaryotes on IMG … Publication … Datasets … Datasets … Datasets …

… influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade.” … natural ecosystems, and functionally explore viral genetic diversity toward innovative biotechnological and industrial …

Our lab is using mass spectrometry based metabolite profiling to provide … direct biochemical datasets to improve our understanding of microbial metabolism. Of particular interest is …

… data set will help identify how different elements of the ecosystem interact and respond to changes in the … bioenergy tree, poplars are known for their genetic diversity. They hold economic value as both biofuel … multidisciplinary approach allows researchers to conduct a wide variety of analyses that contribute to a sustainable …

Originally conceived as a UC Merced graduate student summer research experience at the JGI, the Genomics Internship Program soon expanded to include undergraduate … than 80 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of numerous JGI scientists. Interns say their experiences …

The DOE Joint Genome Institute hosted the hybrid “NeLLi 2023 Symposium” delving into the most recent expansions of the Tree of Life and latest discoveries toward the … lineages, leading to a new appreciation for the extent of diversity. The phylogenetic and functional characterization …

Populations of Antarctic lake microbial communities change with the seasons. The Science Light-harvesting bacteria (phototrophs) in Antarctica’s Ace Lake defy the … and the nearby Southern Ocean shift from phototrophs to archaea when sunlight becomes scant, Ace Lake’s bacteria …