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… access to cutting-edge cell sorting, DNA amplification, and sequence analysis to recover the genomes of uncultivated … now uses laser microdissection to selectively isolate and sequence microbial aggregates after first imaging with …

… which microbes in the soil persist after a wildfire — and why they thrive — gives forest managers more avenues to … interact; beyond bacteria, these samples harbored fungal genomes, including a novel Leotiomycetes species and … builds on the pyrophilous fungi the JGI has previously sequenced , and provides a powerful snapshot of what soils …

… to: Project Manager Kerrie Barry, Cross-Field Category Fungal and Algal Program head Igor Grigoriev , Plant & … ranging from industrial production to agricultural plant pathogens. Reported in Nature Genetics, the work is part of a long-term project to sequence, annotate and analyze the genomes of more than 300 …

… gives an overview of the JGI's Genomes OnLine Database and why curated metadata matters. …

… time of publication, it is the largest repository of BGC sequence data from over 1.3 million publicly available … agriculture. This comprehensive public repository of BGC sequences that come pre-annotated using multiple commonly … and viral BGC sequences. Expansion of the SMC to include fungal, plant, viral, and metagenome data is currently …

… is particularly interested in understanding how, when and why microbes decide to produce which metabolites. … BS, …

Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has now sequenced and assembled the genomes of these five cotton … insights on crop improvements at a genetic level, including why having multiple copies of their genomes (polyploidy) is … it, which exact base or series of bases you have to alter.’ Why should we invest in something that may not be an …

… to adapt to changing environments. It also sheds light on why the rapid injection of mutations in a particular gene … all at once from the same environment, called metagenomes. Why? Simon Roux, who led the research team and is the head … could then use these proteins to recognize individual pathogens and pull them out, like fish on a fishing line, …

Laboratory, and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology sequenced sphagnum  genomes from plants selected by a team … and others that preferred the hollows. Those genome sequences showed not only that the sex of a sphagnum plant …

So, to be able to identify proteins, the team compiled DNA sequences (metagenomes) and messenger RNA sequences (transcriptomes) from their soil samples. This … dataset was particularly important for characterizing fungal genes, because, unlike bacteria, they often carry …

… the molecular basis of a plant host’s susceptibility to pathogens. Dr. Vogel’s current research is focused on developing plant functional genomic resources (e.g. sequenced mutant collections, transformation technology, …

… to provide a cataloged and curated culture and genome sequence resource of rumen microorganisms . Thanks to the … in themselves. For example, a few organisms originally sequenced in the Hungate1000 collection harbor enzymes that … rumen microbes are awesome and this is just another example why.” …