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… allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The Science The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” morphology, this means using proteins on … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

With a new methodology, scientists are now getting more complete genomic results from single cells. The Science Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold much of the Earth’s … plants don’t fully decompose in peatlands, and so carbon within their tissues doesn’t return to the atmosphere. Peat … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… helps ID novel interactions between bacteria and fungi The Science Researchers have successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial communities, with results published in the  November 2022 issue … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to tackle when it … anaerobic fungi could be used to effectively modify lignin without oxygen and make use of it, it would change the … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… microbes from complex environmental samples. The Science A team led by researchers at the Max Planck … would allow researchers to focus on specific microbes within metagenome samples and associate their sequences with … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… and alga to understand their partnership more clearly. The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that … Photobiont and fungus (mycobiont) live intertwined, with the photobiont transferring part of its … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility. Grigoriev and his team at the JGI …

… helps further demystify biosynthetic gene clusters.  The Science Microbial secondary metabolites, those molecules not … payloads directly into diverse microbes. Combining CRAGE with CRISPR provides researchers with a powerful addition to … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… described host-virus dynamics in a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms … inside the host’s genome, living quietly and replicating with their host indefinitely. Now, in studying a microbial … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… fields look like popcorn is literally growing on plants, with fluffy white bolls bursting out of the green pods in … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … they were so genetically similar.” Benefits of High Impact Science “The results described in this  Nature Genetics …

… about 2.5 million years less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the … that figure is likely closer to a mere 250,000 years — with many key colonization events in the Atlantic ocean … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at Lawrence Berkeley National …