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Though visible to the naked eye, microscopy reveals unexpected complexity … a co-first author on the study, performed the 16S rRNA gene sequencing to identify and classify the prokaryote. “I … word magnifique ,” Gonzalez-Rizzo explained. “This kind of discovery opens new questions about bacterial morphotypes …

Methane Metabolism. Methane-producing archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over … (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility, report the discovery of a novel archaeum from a hot spring that has the … and cleanup. The JGI provides integrated high-throughput sequencing and computational analysis that enable …

… best in certain regions. Most plant species have adapted to their local environments; for example, crop and ornamental seeds sold for the upper Midwest are often very different than those bred for Texas. Identifying … by DOE’s Bioenergy Research Centers, which initiated the sequencing of the switchgrass genome. DOE’s  Billion Ton …

… hosted the hybrid “NeLLi 2023 Symposium” delving into the most recent expansions of the Tree of Life and latest discoveries toward the evolution of cellular complexity and microbial …

Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist … Prize by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Roux leads the Viral Genomics group within the JGI Metagenome …

Tracing gene regulatory networks in the model fungus  Neurospora crassa . The … developed and optimized by Ronan O’Malley, who leads the JGI’s Sequencing Technologies group. DAP-seq allowed the team to …

… employed multiple microbiology and ‘omics techniques to experimentally determine that Nanohaloarchaeota are … The Impact The Antarctic lakes are a “treasure trove” of unknown microbes that play critical roles in … biosphere), including the global carbon cycle. The JGI is sequencing large numbers of microbes and microbial …

Virus)—for the virophage marker gene MCP, they were able to identify 44,221 total virophage partial sequences, … contigs were considered to be complete genomes, and their discovery has extended the possible virophage genome size … and cleanup. The JGI provides integrated high-throughput sequencing and computational analysis that enable …

… have leveraged data from the 1000 Fungal Genomes project to form new connections between fungal guilds, genes and … “Now with these new tools — metatranscriptomics, RNA sequencing of soil RNA — we can access — ‘What are they … the fungal tree of life. Martin is one of the project leads. After starting with about 200 fungal genomes, in just …

A workflow for capturing the genetic make-up of specific uncultivated microbes from complex environmental … Microbiology has developed, tested and deployed a pipeline to first target cells from communities of uncultivated … for members of the microbial world through bulk community sequencing (metagenomics) and single-cell genomics, the vast …

… on their summer projects. Watch the short video here to see what they had to say about their experiences and what … and innovative environment where collaboration and research discovery are at the forefront.” Mentors: Rex Malmstrom, … Nandita Nath & W. Berkeley Kauffman Project: “ 16s Sequencing of Barcoded Microbial Genomes ” Morgan Lavenstein …