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Biofuels and bioproducts are a way to kick our addiction to fossil fuels. In this episode, we peek into how scientists Aindrila … harnessing the versatile bacterium Pseudomonas putida to break down biomass and help bring about a more sustainable, …

… tools to identify virus sequences, the design of new experimental approaches to link viruses to their … Dr. Roux established and currently leads the Viral Genomics group at the JGI to further explore the ecological and … Microbiology Resource Announcements … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Honors …

… diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single drop of water could outnumber a small city’s … to the nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDV) supergroup. The expansion of the diversity for large and giant … environmental conditions. Function prediction on the 2,000 new giant virus genomes led the team to uncover a prevalence …

To engineer yeast to do more, and understand genomes in general, Jef Boeke, Weimin Zhang (NYU Langone Health) and …

Tanja Woyke and other JGI researchers made their debut … genomics and metagenomics of the microbiology-focused groups at the Joint Genome Institute, it is fantastic that …

Sugarcane was the last major crop without a reference quality genome and now crop researchers can work toward advancing sugarcane biotechnology. The Science Considered the …

…   Visualizing a novel, candidate viral genome found in the deep … The army of the dark wizard Saruman repeatedly tried to break through, finally resorting to explosives to succeed. … in the samples that corresponded to eight separate groups of viruses. To visualize one particular viral genome …

… forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in virtually all of Earth’s ecosystems. A software tool  … researchers under the direction of Microbiome Data Science Group Lead Nikos Kyrpides at the U.S. Department of Energy … affect a microbe’s ability to cycle nutrients or produce new chemicals. They can also affect ecosystems by killing …

Registration has closed.  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) is offering a five-day workshop on …

Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes … cell’s membrane. Two decades ago, a team discovered a group of viruses that had in their genomes a surprising … diversity quickly, allowing these viruses to target new microbial prey. The Impact This research provides a much …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements … energy and environmental challenges. In March 2008, the genome sequence of the forest fungus Laccaria bicolor was …

Brachypodium model system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” …