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… diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single drop of water could outnumber a small city’s … much less those considered large and giant. In a recent study  published in the journal  Nature , a team led by … noted study senior author  Tanja Woyke , who heads JGI’s  Microbial Program . The team mined more than 8,500 publicly …

… a wildfire. The Science After a wildfire burns, recovery begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of … return to health, researchers have taken a look at microbial genomes across a spectrum of burned soils. By … genes with functions useful for forest recovery, this study sheds light on how microbes contribute as a forest …

… Researchers start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a … in the soil as a saprophyte, living off decaying organic matter, or as an endophyte, living between a plant’s root … and  I. europaea  genomes sequenced and annotated for this study. The team found that, unlike pathogenic or mycorrhizal …

… Microbial cells infected by viruses undergo metabolic reprogramming. The … The Ohio State University and the University of Michigan studying how virus infections cause significant metabolic … microbes, the answer is no. They refer to the infected microbial cells as virocells, a change in name first …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … (affectionately known as “Chlamy” to those who study it) a powerful reference organism for studying photosynthesis and cell motility. It’s also a model … C. reinhardtii on PhycoCosm … C. zofingiensis on Phytozome …

… A. Estrada-Graf, Nicole M. Fernandez; [Row 2]: Zachary Garvin, Chandan Kumar Gautam, Gareth Gillard, Audrey Goeckner, … metatranscriptomics and genome assembly to investigate microbial and plant metabolism across diverse ecosystems — … including biological routes for critical minerals recovery, microbial pathways for high-value bioproducts, and …