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… Machine learning approach significantly expands inovirus … case, the machine “learned” to identify a certain type of bacterial viruses or phages called inoviruses, which are … “What we’re really doing is looking for a particular gene found in all inoviruses, and then checking the surrounding …

… Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes … different cells. Since that discovery, DGRs have been found in other viruses, bacteria, and archaea. But how widely distributed they are, … the Marine Biological Laboratory, by the National Science Foundation’s XSEDE computing resource (award DEB170007), and …

… system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” with respect to their genomes. In their base state, they are diploids with two genome … pan-genome. A pan-genome is the nonredundant set of genes found in a species, but in this case, the team included two …

… Accepted proposals emphasize JGI interests in algae and secondary metabolites. A total of 27 … proposal includes plans to sequence several thousand Actinobacteria strains and then use computational tools to analyze … in three groups: cyanophages, bacteriophages, and giant algal viruses.  The approved proposals started October …

… months. Their proposed research projects address scientific challenges central to Office of Science mission areas across … Kaze, part of the 2018 cohort of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program. Kaze is part of Mark Sistrom’s lab at … the influence of viruses on carbon cycling in coastal mangroves. The work complements an existing JGI Community …

… This is the third and final episode of our series on a giant metagenome assembly from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota. In the last two episodes, we’ve covered …

… A “bait and hook” single-cell genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science … uncovered a novel cellulose-degrading bacterium typically found in low abundances. The Impact Microbes are known to be … shotgun sequencing. The team first tested the approach on bacterial laboratory models to set a reference for its …

… Lake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes of that … together.  The next 3 episodes are the story behind that giant assembly from Lake Mendota. In this episode: the …

… The joint Critical Minerals and Materials call represents a unique … of both the Joint Genome Institute and the Molecular Foundry in one research proposal. The program seeks research … transformative bio-based technologies that address challenges in the sourcing, recovery, and utilization of …