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… Microbial communities living near hydrothermal deep-sea … get any sunlight, and yet they still support a unique array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions. … five oceanic regions. In doing so, they found a high degree of variability in the types of microorganisms that inhabit …

… A “bait and hook” single-cell genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science One of the most vital pieces of equipment for fly fishing is a boxful of lures. Designed … The work was supported by a JGI Director’s Science award. The DOE Joint BioEnergy Institute …

… Select interns look back on meaningful lessons from their summer experiences at the JGI Berkeley Lab offers a variety of programs to help inspire and train the … about the career path that you might want to take going forward? Do you foresee yourself continuing on this track, …

…   Visualizing a novel, candidate viral genome found in the deep subsurface ecosystem. The Science Altiarchaea are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in Earth’s deep subsurface. They are abundant representatives of deep subsurface ecosystems. A team of researchers …

… Sugarcane was the last major crop without a reference quality genome and now crop researchers can work toward advancing sugarcane biotechnology. The Science … most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar production. A reference genome for the …

… Data from marine heatwave event may foreshadow climate change impact on marine microbial communities. The Science A team of researchers tracked the impact of a large-scale heatwave … model of how marine microbial communities are affected by warming events. More time-series studies could help …

… Protein annotations provide insights into environmental tendencies The Science The  Metagenome Stability … and researchers more about the patterns and functions of environmental microbes. Researchers can use the tool to correlate protein annotations with ratios of DNA sequence fragments from the ecosystems. Selecting a …

… A fungus relies on bacteria to regulate key components of its reproductive machinery The Science To better … , is recognized as a mutualist, where both species of organism benefit from association, but was predicted to … the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. The work conducted by the U.S. Department of …

… 2022 marks the JGI’s 25th anniversary. Over the last year, we’ve been revisiting a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … — now an assistant professor at the University of Delaware — is  building on this work to explore an enzymatic …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our … to the Environmental Protection Agency , methane gas warms the atmosphere as much as 25 times more quickly than …

… A metagenomic look at the soil microbes present a year after a … begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, … the microbes within the soil. To get a clearer picture of how burned ecosystems return to health, researchers have …

… CheckV can help researchers assess virus sequence fragments and data quality. The Science Through advances in … (metagenomes). However, the quality and completeness of metagenome-assembled virus sequences vary widely. In a … to help researchers assess and improve the quality of metagenome-assembled viral genomes . The Impact The …