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… Malmstrom is a Staff Scientist and leader of the Microscale Applications group. Before joining the JGI in 2010, he made … bacterial group in the ocean. Later during his postdoctoral work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology he … amplifying their genetic material, thus bypassing the need to culture these microbes in the lab. After joining the JGI, …

… algal genomes, omics data and comparative analysis tools. Questions and Answers 1.  Q(uestion): Why would your Tree ever differ from NCBI Taxonomy? A(nswer): If you find that our trees are incorrect or need to be changed, please contact us and we’ll work work it out …

… are interested in learning how these microbes have learned to adapt from marine to hypersaline conditions by studying the … of salinity and the sheer distance from other parts of the world have kept microbial populations on Antarctica distinct …

… and more virus sequences are being recovered and identified from environmental samples (metagenomes). However, the … have now developed CheckV (pronounced “Check-Vee”) to help researchers assess and improve the quality of … their microbial hosts. However, assembling viral genomes from metagenomes is challenging and often results in highly …

… Fungi from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat thought to be too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic fungi, … their evolutionary history, these fungi branched off early from aerobic fungi, which can breathe oxygen — just like we …