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… and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in … like viruses and plasmids drive microbial processes and evolution. This is because MGEs can affect a microbe’s … geNomad is poised to become an essential tool for researching global viral diversity. geNomad has already been …

… prokaryotes. The Science Most organisms use oxygen to convert food into energy. However, in environments with … the range of bacteria and archaea that rely on this form of metabolism, researchers recently compiled a list of … phenotype and genotype of fermentative prokaryotes on IMG … Publication … Datasets … Datasets … Datasets …

Research yields a comprehensive tree and soil dataset for understanding the dynamic relationship between poplar trees and their microbial partners. …

… single drop of water could outnumber a small city’s population, the number of viruses in the same drop—the vast majority … viruses (NCLDV) supergroup. The expansion of the diversity for large and giant viruses offered the researchers insights … environmental conditions. Function prediction on the 2,000 new giant virus genomes led the team to uncover a prevalence …

The Science A reference genome sequence and genomic toolkit for the perennial grass Miscanthus sinensis has been … of rapidly growing plants whose biomass can be renewably converted into energy or biofuels. Although a member … models, Miscanthus has a large and complex genome whose evolutionary history and perennial lifecycle makes it …

The mission of the Joint Genome Institute is to serve the scientific … discovery at the DOE Office of Science through high performance computing (HPC) and data analysis.  The DOE Systems … more customized analysis, the JGI also participates in publication of results. … Submission … More on Sequencing …

… natural diversity reveals seed dispersal in wild populations for the first time. For years, Elizabeth (Toby) Kellogg and … it was involved in shattering by turning it off. “It’s a new shattering gene variant identified in a natural …