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… TBK Reddy gives an overview of the JGI's Genomes OnLine Database and why curated metadata matters. …

… 2014), unearthing hundreds of thousands of new viral genomes and their predicted hosts (Nature 2016, Science … 2018, Molecular Cell 2019) and massive reconstruction of genomes from uncultivated microbes (Nature 2019). Other … . 185(21):4023-4037 Nayfach S, et al. (2021) Metagenomic compendium of 189,680 DNA viruses from the human gut …

… by Tanja Woyke at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … bound single microbes to fluorescently labeled cellulose particles that served as the “bait,” and then they isolated … Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. The work was supported by a JGI Director’s Science award. The DOE Joint BioEnergy …

… One of the JGI’s key assets is our user community, comprising a broad range of researchers and trainees who use JGI resources and expertise. These collaborations have … outputs, such as data, publications and software. The JGI supports the entire data life cycle, and embeds metadata …

… recovered and identified from environmental samples (metagenomes). However, the quality and completeness of … uncultivated viruses. Following up on those guidelines, JGI researchers have now developed CheckV (pronounced … from the Global Ocean Virome 2.0 dataset based on open ocean samples. CheckV identified a total of 44,652 …

… a plethora of antibiotics called zealexins. Even though scientists have identified at least 15 zealexins, they … Impact Zealexins belong to a class of chemicals called terpenoids, which have a structure belonging to a group of … as  Sorghum bicolor — a  candidate bioenergy feedstock and  JGI Flagship Plant — could produce at least 15 zealexins. …

… Congratulations to the JGI’s Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to the American … genetic material of uncultivated microbes and link their genomes to the roles they play in the environment. One … has been groundbreaking. The JGI is most fortunate to have scientists of Dr. Woyke’s caliber support the JGI User …