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… Science group led by Nikos Kyrpides , mining the Integrated Microbial Genomics & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system’s immense … Banfield is a pioneer in metagenomic studies, recovering microbial genomes from biofilm samples at the Richmond Mine in Iron …

… Trained on environmental data, a new JGI tool more accurately facilitates microbial genome discoveries. Unlocking the intricate … methodologies developed for natural languages to study genomes,” Wang explained.  And since microbial genomes are …

… The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” … ago, a team discovered a group of viruses that had in their genomes a surprising tool: a “diversity generating … diversity quickly, allowing these viruses to target new microbial prey. The Impact This research provides a much …

… was made possible by mining the datasets in the Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) suite of tools managed by … from infecting viruses and phages. In the event of a new infection, the microbes use the genetic information … UC Berkeley news release  Smallest life forms have smallest working …

… corn variety and protect maize by fending off fungal and microbial infections. Scientists had assumed that maize … was knocked out. Interestingly, the enzymes the team uncovered were found in multiple, semi-redundant clusters on …

… because they often need unique conditions and a specific microbial host to replicate. Sequencing genetic material … Beginning in the early 2000s , these environmental metagenomes began to offer a window into viral existence. Along … have better, easier access to these viral genomes. The new database was called IMG/VR. It featured samples from …