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For the Joint Genome Institute, the end of 2018 was marked by a celebration of contributing over one “petabase” – a quadrillion nucleotide bases of DNA … launching of a Secondary Metabolites research group (pages 47-49). “Our hope is to circulate this document widely …

… consequences of microbe-microbe interactions. Using metagenomes recovered directly from environmental samples and … relationships are long-term biological interactions between one or more biological organisms. One hallmark of an obligate symbiont—entirely dependent on the other for required nutrients—is genome size. The obligate …

Genomes from uncultivated bacteria offers clues to ancestral … 2019 in Nature Communications , two research teams joined forces and data sets to describe bacterial genomes for … Margulisbacteria were named for Lynn Margulis, the main proponent of the significance of endosymbiosis in evolution of …

… 5mC is an important piece of how they regulate their genomes, but is not well understood in fungi. A team of … ways to protect poplar and other crops being considered for bioenergy feedstock development. Summary With the aim of producing at least one reference genome for every family of fungi, the 1000 …

… single-cell genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science One of the most vital pieces of equipment for fly fishing is a boxful of lures. Designed with feathers … To validate the predicted cellulases from their captured genomes, the team then used DNA synthesis and cloning, …

… more quickly than even carbon dioxide. The EPA attributes one-fifth of all methane emissions to livestock and roughly … within their rumen. There is another climate-minded reason for studying rumen: Livestock live off plant matter, and … has partnered with researchers around the world to map out genomes of rumen microbes. In 2018, through a JGI Community …

… of 2020, selected from 118 nominees. The selection process for AAM Fellows is based on their records of scientific … genetic material of uncultivated microbes and link their genomes to the roles they play in the environment. One example, published in Nature , applied single-cell …