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… results from single cells. The Science Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for … most species do not grow easily in the lab. To access the genomes of uncultured  microbes , scientists usually employ … extracting single cells and then amplifying their DNA for genome sequencing was no easy task. The traditional way of …

… Researchers with the Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI)’s Fungal and Algal Science Program … one of the world's most comprehensive collections of fungal genomes. A sweeping analysis published in Nature Reviews Microbiology of nearly 2,000 of these genomes reveals just how much we still have to discover …

… moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . Now, high-quality reference genome sequences of the male and female plants, … for Biotechnology, reported that high quality genome references are now available for male and female plants of … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute was supported by the Office of Science of …

… Thank you for joining us at the 2024 DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) Annual Genomics of Energy & …

… energy and environmental challenges. In March 2008, the genome sequence of the forest fungus Laccaria bicolor was … a symbiotic relationship with the poplar, a JGI Flagship Genome and the first tree to have its genome sequenced. Having this first genome sequence of a …

… help solve energy and environmental challenges.   The Human Genome Project began in 1990 when the U.S. Department of … studying Chromosome 5, which contains about 6% of the human genome . They discovered genes linked to conditions such as … Chromosome 19, which contains about 2% of the human genome. They were interested in genes involved in repair of …

… Streamlined genome with precise gene targeting transforms oil-producing … products.    The Science Scientists have fully decoded the genome of an oil-producing green alga, and demonstrated precise gene targeting in the genome in the November 2025 issue of The Plant Cell. …

… Developing and validating an integrated approach to genome recovery from metagenomes. The Science Through the JGI’s Emerging Technologies … algorithms, allowing them to reconstruct more near-complete genomes from soil metagenomes compared to other methods. The …

… are abundant and yet exceptionally small, with mini genomes to match. As a result, they cannot process all of … microorganisms had a close relationship. Then, using metagenomes and metatranscriptomes generated by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …

… and omics capabilities to enhance understanding of gene and genome function. Tapping into these functions allows …

… Nucleocytoviricota , these giant viruses boast larger genomes than many bacteria. Until recently, understanding of … viruses in sequence data is read-mapping: using giant virus reference genomes to search for giant viruses in metagenomic … researchers to use signature genes, rather than an entire reference genome, to sift for snippets of giant viruses in …