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… the global diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single drop of water could outnumber a small city’s population, the number of viruses in the same drop—the vast majority … for large and giant viruses offered the researchers insights into how they might interact with their hosts, and …

… Dr. Eloe-Fadrosh joined the JGI in 2014 to pursue her research interests in … ecology and metagenomics. Her current research focuses on leveraging thousands of metagenomic datasets from … and characterize genomic information from uncultivated microbes and viruses. Prior to joining the JGI, she was a …

… There’s a party in the soil, and microbes are the VIPs. They’re feasting on the compounds that plants secrete through their roots, …

… Do metabolic pathways from engineered yeasts still work in cell-free environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: … smoothly. As reported August 26, 2021, in Nature Communications , researchers led by Hal Alper at The University of … of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in …

… Do metabolic pathways from engineered yeasts still work in cell-free environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Yeast strains engineered for the biochemical conversion of glucose to value-added products are limited in … of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in …

… Brachypodium model system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” with respect to their … of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in …

…   Visualizing a novel, candidate viral genome found in the deep subsurface ecosystem. The Science Altiarchaea are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in Earth’s deep … This work received funding by the Alfred P. Sloan foundation (grant number G-2017-9955), the Ministry of Culture and …

… To set up flexible, repeatable experiments on plants and microbes, Trent Northen’s group at Berkeley Lab created a … compare their work consistently. And EcoFABs also work well in the classroom. This episode, we visit Los Medanos …

… Lake Mendota sits right next to the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes of that lake for over 20 years, to understand how …

… MGEs, that can move between organisms. But now, deep sequencing and new analysis methods are bringing this mobilome into light, and opening up new options for engineering these microbes in the future. Join Sarah Bagby (Case Western …

… Sequence-based studies — from metagenomics to single-cell work — have quickly accelerated understanding of … viruses. The Science In the last thirty years, in environments all over the world, scientists have discovered … review, researchers Schulz, Abergel and Woyke summarize insights from three decades of work on giant viruses. …

… A preview of how large-scale single cell genomics complements metagenomics studies. The Science Researchers demonstrated the value of conducting large-scale single cell … between the analyzed community members. The Impact Though microbes help regulate the planet’s nutrient cycles and are …