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… stories of JGI-supported research, connected to nutrient cycles. Francis Martin and Lucas Auer discuss their work on communities of … floor fungi. Allison Joy looks into seagrass meadows' carbon sequestration with insights from Adam Healey and Xiao …

… with the prospect of meta-analyses boosted by AI and Machine Learning — JGI researchers and collaborators work to … a modified version of a specific chemical, where ordinary Carbon-12 atoms are swapped for the heavier, non-radioactive … For example, SIP experiments can show how soil microbes cycle nitrogen and carbon, or how freshwater ecosystems …

… A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold much of the Earth’s carbon as well as material that can be converted to energy, … (A.J.S.) conducted by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute ( https://ror.org/04xm1d337 ), a DOE …

… land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  … Zygnematophyceae , scientists have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from water to land. Key gene groups involved in stress tolerance and multicellularity enabled …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are … organisms carry out important environmental processes like  carbon fixation , nitrogen cycling and methane production. … the roles viruses and their host microbes play in nutrient cycles. …

… Rainforests store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil microbes play a key role in pulling that carbon out of the atmosphere. This episode, researchers take …

… between fungal guilds, genes and function. If a tree falls in the forest — whether or not anyone registers the sound — … soil. These fungi help shape a forest’s ecology. They store carbon and cycle key nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus.  This way, … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …

… forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in virtually all of Earth’s ecosystems. A software tool  … This is because MGEs can affect a microbe’s ability to cycle nutrients or produce new chemicals. They can also … They influence the composition of the biogeochemical cycles around them. By understanding more about the genomics …

… for survival, may now be easier to characterize following a proof-of-concept study in which researchers paired CRISPR and CRAGE technologies. … a lab environment, shining a light into this “biological dark matter.”  It also offers CRISPR a point of entry. By … The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, …

… This single environmental trigger highlights efficiency for users requiring multiple omics methods to examine microbial chemical production. The Science Soil bacteria … This work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (https://ror.org/04xm1d337), a DOE …

… Highlighting the latest interactive version of the JGI’s plant data portal. On … current, and only, version of Phytozome accessible as an interactive website. Since May 2019, v12 has not had any … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …

… 2025 Community Science Program Annual Call. These projects include cutting-edge research into microbial communities — … these systems adapt and contribute to global biogeochemical cycles. Additional efforts in metabolic engineering and … in sustainable biofuel and bioproducts production, global carbon and nutrient cycling, and biogeochemistry.  You can …