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Microbial cells infected by viruses undergo metabolic reprogramming. The Science If it … them. In the ocean, viruses outnumber surface microbes 10 to 1, and 20% to 40% of the microbes are infected at any … ocean could fix less carbon when infected. Little is known about virus-infected microbial cells that are transformed …

Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect … the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science facility, have increased the number of known high quality virophage genome sequences 10-fold through computational approaches. By mining more …

… peer through the waters and clouds of insects hover just above. Described as a “river of grass” that stretches … to apply the latest molecular techniques to learn more about the microbial communities in the Arthur R. Marshall … comprehensive learning experience.” Over the course of the year, she and other JGI staff conducted several real-time, …

Management Group, attended a conference in Florida to discuss a JGI pilot project involving soil sampling in the … the next generation of scientists. She shares her thoughts about the experience below. In the summer of 2018, Jonathan Benskin was preparing to teach a second year A-Level Advanced International Certificate of Education …

… are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over half the total global methane production. They are thought to use billions of tons of the carbon dioxide trapped in … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility, report the …

… to keep processes running smoothly. As reported August 26, 2021, in Nature Communications , researchers led by … and so one of the things that I think is so special about this collaboration is that we’re doing work in yeast, … Though such visits have been impossible for the past year and a half, “the logistics haven’t changed,” noted …

… interns pick highlights from their summer experiences. This year the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, hosted three undergraduates and seven … Watch the short video here to see what they had to say about their experiences and what they’ll take with them as …

Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the microbiome of the earth, but … metagenomic sequencing and single-cell sequencing. For years, extracting single cells and then amplifying their DNA … The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… out of the green pods in every direction. There are 100 million families around the world whose livelihoods … of the five major lineages of cotton;  G. tomentosum ,  G. mustelinum , and  G. darwinii are the others. All of these … is one such example.” Jones noted that he talks to growers about Cotton Inc.’s long-term investment in crop research. …

… analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary metabolites for multiple … combined with nearly 5,000 publicly available ones and 1,100 metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) reconstructed from … information as well as of important descriptive metadata about each strain. “This has been a very fruitful …

… so nice and helpful.”     Mo Kaze, UC Merced JGI Mentor : Susannah Tringe, Microbial Systems Group “Everyone here is very kind and really open to talking about their work. It’s fun to be around people who are … done the groundbreaking work you’ve been reading about for years! And you can ask them about it! And they’re super …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … assesses what fraction of the microbial diversity we know about, and proposes a path forward to curate and cultivate … biofuels and bioproducts, and medicine. Wading through 30 years of sequencing data, the team composed of Wu, Seshadri, …