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… our tools with a widening circle of researchers. That’s why each year we look for novel research projects — aligned …

For bacteriophage viruses, these hosts are microbes like bacteria, not humans. With metagenomic sequencing, … kinds of ecosystems. However, matching these viral genetic sequences to their hosts is crucial to understanding what … of data points.  Applied to 216,015 high-quality virus sequences in the IMG/VR database, the iPHoP program …

The Impact Despite great strides in generating genome sequences for members of the microbial world through bulk … microbes within metagenome samples and associate their sequences with their roles within their environments. … and was demonstrated using a specific group of marine bacteria called “Vis6” that are found in North Sea algal …

… yield sugar monomers, it’s only with the aid of specialized bacterial enzymes. Honey bees rely on their gut microbiota … Academy of Sciences . The team focused on the dominant bacterial clades shared between honey bee and bumblebee gut … is a division of labor by these bacterial groups. But why the strain variability? The authors think the reason may …

… and environmental challenges. In March 2008, the genome sequence of the forest fungus Laccaria bicolor was published … a JGI Flagship Genome and the first tree to have its genome sequenced. Having this first genome sequence of a mycorrhizal fungus shifted the focus from …