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… archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over half the total global … recent studies now suggest the gene cluster predates this microbial group. Recently published in the Proceedings of … methanogenesis occurring in the entire archaeal domain of life.” …

… single-cell work — have quickly accelerated understanding of giant viruses. The Science In the last thirty years, in … then co-culturing isolated viruses in eukaryotic  microbial hosts. Lately, researchers have used … host cells harboring them — could be a future option to discovering giant viruses. Further, single-marker gene based …

… Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary … have uncovered genomes for just a small fraction of Earth’s microbial diversity. Because most microbes cannot be … genomes available at that time. “Looking across the tree of life, it’s striking how many uncultivated lineages …

… By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have new insights … domain of unknown function.  First, they looked across the tree of life, doing a very complex CTRL+F search for this domain, … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… June 24-28: Module 2/Microbial Genomics & Metagenomics Workshop The workshop is addressed to students and professionals of biology, biomedical research, the health … fields who are interested in learning and sharing concepts, tools and research results in genomics, metagenomics and the …

… Walk in a temperate forest filled with Norway spruce trees, and microbial activity teems beneath your feet. Both bacteria … analyzing the enzymes present in the complex organic matrix of the forest floor, a team of researchers have found that … Foundation (18- 25706S and 20-02022Y), by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic …

… three new members earlier this month – Sneha Couvilion of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Chris Schadt of … Soil Microbiome SFA. She serves as Secretary within the Microbial Ecology Section of the Ecological Society of … biogeochemical cycles in soils and sediments and plant-microbial interactions in crops. He has been a PI or Co-PI …

… The 11th cohort of JGI-UC Merced interns pick highlights from their summer … W. Berkeley Kauffman Project: “ 16s Sequencing of Barcoded Microbial Genomes ” Morgan Lavenstein Bendall : “It’s great … ” Anna Kucherova : “I got to learn about skills and tools that I’d never done before from my mentors. Also, …

… The Impact The Antarctic lakes are a “treasure trove” of unknown microbes that play critical roles in … cycle. The JGI is sequencing large numbers of microbes and microbial communities that contribute to carbon cycling, and … team sheds light on the range of archaeal symbiotic lifestyles found in the Antarctic lakes and offers a …

… Emerald Nash and mentor Jonelle Basso, Experimental Study of Root Colonization by Resident Phages of a Plant Growth … and mentor Bryce Foster, Benchmarking Bioinformatics Tools for Sequence Similarity Searching Morgan Lavenstein … Tomas Tyml and Dr. Frederik Schulz with the New Lineages of Life Group at JGI. And we’ve been working on isolating and …

… begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, paving the way for future plants and trees to grow. However, fire changes the microbes within the … return to health, researchers have taken a look at microbial genomes across a spectrum of burned soils. By …