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Stable Isotope Probing (SIP) is a powerful technique for studying microbial communities. These experiments can show which microbes are handling specific nutrients, or what they're …

… green growth appears on top of farmers’ fields: a microbial community that might be quietly improving the soil. Penn State researchers Mary Ann Bruns and Terry Bell …

The JGI’s Community Science Program gives researchers access to all kinds of sequencing, ‘omics and bioinformatics capabilities — … stage, anywhere in the world, for free. We accept new projects related to energy and the environment several times …

Harnessing BER-funded data resources, researchers built an … the genomes and predict the metabolic abilities of these microbes. The Impact This study illustrates how the research … than 400 cultured rumen prokaryotes from the  Hungate1000 project . They also used the tool to predict possible …

… 25th anniversary. Over the last year, we’ve been revisiting a number of notable achievements that showcase our … evolved these really tough cell wall materials that keep microbes — and the enzymes that would be produced by … into biochemical production.    Over time, as these projects have delivered results, they have also snowballed …

High-throughput stable isotope probing helps ID novel interactions between bacteria and fungi … microorganisms live in complex communities, like within soils or the gut, they are difficult to study individually. … it. The isotopes are incorporated into the DNA of specific microbes who consume the labeled food or water. Later, their …

Danielle operates the single-cell genomics pipeline for JGI collaborators. This work combines custom flow cytometric analysis, cell sorting, … flow cytometry protocols for targeted recovery of specific microbes. …

Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex polysaccharides. Honey bees … energy generation and environmental characterization and cleanup. The JGI provides integrated high-throughput …