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… Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses — to … the world. Most of those researchers send their samples in from afar, without ever hearing much about the sequencing …

… and eukaryotes, and they range in particle and genome size from small, to large and even giant. The genomes of giant … noted study senior author  Tanja Woyke , who heads JGI’s  Microbial Program . The team mined more than 8,500 publicly … “Klosneuviruses.” Previously known members of the viral lineages in the NCLDV group infect mainly protists and …

… found across each of the fungal species were protein-coding hotspots. “Ensuring that the most expressed genes are also … covering the entire kingdom of fungi. “The information from this project may also have a practical relevance with … and Algal Program. Paying It Forward Wint, originally from Jamaica and the first member of her family to pursue a …

… all fungi, and found that some of these genes have moved from the mitochondria into the nuclear genome over … species. The team also found evidence that in certain lineages, genes have migrated from the mitochondrial genome … effort to search existing genome assemblies, the team used hidden Markov models — statistical tools trained on known …

… a computer could use to conduct a similar type of search in microbial and metagenomic databases. In this case, the … co-authors and an expert on inoviruses. “The result of this hidden diversity of inoviruses now overhauls our perception of this virus group – from minor curiosities they become a prominent component of …