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In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … and environmental challenges. Viruses are everywhere — in soil, the sea and, of course, the cells of other organisms. … of this field, the JGI has leveraged metagenomics to boost understanding of environmental viruses. In 2016, Nikos …

Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm … ‘Dark Matter’ Microbial communities living everywhere from soils and stomachs to the deep sea are capable of doing a … we have not only ventured into the uncharted territory of understanding the vast landscape of functional diversity, …

A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The … peatlands store approximately one-third of the world’s soil carbon. The process to harvest energy-generating peat … an estimated 5% of annual greenhouse gas emissions. Understanding how sphagnum, a primary component of …

… and released by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) are subject to the following Data Policy. It … synthesis projects: data are subject to a  two-year embargo starting at construct or strain delivery.  Detailed sequence …

Dr. Roux joined the JGI in 2017 to lead viral genomics research as part of the … and evolutionary drivers of virus-host dynamics in soil microbial communities. … B.S. in Microbiology, … by snowmelt and host dynamics in a high-altitude watershed soil ecosystem. Microbiome 11, 237 Roux et al., 2023. iPHoP: …

In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI … Communications paper, uncovering giant virus sequences in soil for the first time. A second approach known as DNA … from metagenomes. This is a critical step toward better understanding the impact of viruses upon microbes. A …

Hao Tan from the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in China and involving Francis Martin from the Institut National … litter and to incorporate the assimilated carbon into the soil, reducing the amount of CO2 emissions from decaying …