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… dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” morphology, this means using proteins on … at the JGI, thinks that if you’re a virus or a microbe with a DGR, you gamble every time you mutate. But, perhaps, …

… 60 existing sequences, this work expands the family tree for Lentinula. Within those samples, this study also tracks the enzymes … more genetic diversity in wild Lentinula species compared with farmed cultivars, highlighting a potential conservation …

… the microbial community involved in a bioremediation effort. The Science In 1999, the Environmental Protection … and Liability Act (CERCLA) was enacted by Congress in 1980 for Superfund sites which are hazardous waste areas that … environmental management, contributing to bioremediation efforts for decades. Identifying resident microbes that can …

Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant viruses. Virophages are small viruses with … & Microbiomes (IMG/M) data suite—which includes  IMG/VR (for Virus)—for the virophage marker gene MCP, they were able …

… successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial communities, with results published in the  November 2022 issue … Because microorganisms live in complex communities, like within soils or the gut, they are difficult to study …

… on April 25.  On March 17, 2020, a shelter-in-place order for all residents took effect in six San Francisco Bay Area … statewide. In this brief captioned video, JGI Chief Informatics Officer Kjiersten Fagnan reflects on the personal … address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …

… of viral infections. The Viral Genomics Group is hosted within the Environmental Genomics group . Research Team … … overview and major challenges of host prediction methods for uncultivated phages.  Current Opinion in Virology .  49 … cycle in wild populations of green sulfur bacteria with long standing virus-host interactions. ISME J.   15 …

Kjiersten Fagnan began working with JGI in 2012 as a NERSC bioinformatics computing consultant, after completing a petascale … Bell Prize, 2018 NERSC, CRD Petascale Postdoctoral Fellow … Education … About the JGI Chief Informatics Officer … …

… of soil-sediment environments, water and air-atmosphere with the humans and the biosphere), including the global … of an obligate symbiont—entirely dependent on the other for required nutrients—is genome size. The obligate … genome sizes and their cells were not observed to associate with host cells. In the  Proceedings of the National Academy …

Details forthcoming at ASLO 2025 Aquatic Sciences Meeting …