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… “Adopt a Genome” is an informal program for faculty to “claim” the JGI’s … the expectation that faculty will work with undergraduates in the analysis and publication of the claimed genome … and skills necessary to extract meaningful biological insights from sequence data, employing IMG data and tools …

… critical ecosystem functions and affect global nutrient cycling, however they do so under strong constraints exerted by viruses. Research in the viral genomics … and potential biogeochemical impacts of globally abundant ocean viruses.  Nature . 537:689-93. … Selected Publications …

A deep dive into microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is … blue-lit twilight zone, to the continuous pressure of the dark abyss, 4000 m (2.5 miles) deep. Scientists have … of living. The Impact Microbes help regulate the global carbon cycle — fixing, transforming, and respiring carbon. …

… warm-adapted microbes edge polewards, they’d oust resident tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the … research cruises, they dipped their self-closing containers into sea water to sample algal communities along transects … contribute to an estimated 50 percent of the world’s fixed carbon, altering the balance of eukaryotic and prokaryotic …

Developed in 2017, the PDT was established in part to help … LanzaTech, a Skokie, Illinois-based company that recycles carbon emissions to make fuels and chemicals, improving air … method of converting abundant low-cost gas feedstock into valuable bioproducts, but many  Clostridium strains are …

… the genetic makeup of natural microbial communities using a variety of cutting-edge approaches.  Our group also … activity (BONCAT+FACS). To provide additional functional insights into microbial genomes, the JGI now uses laser …