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Approach Helps Identify Novel Archaeal Methane Metabolism. Methane-producing archaea are estimated to produce 500 … Program (ETOP). Following that work, they partnered once more with JGI Microbial Program head Tanja Woyke and her … genomics in support of DOE missions related to clean energy generation and environmental characterization and cleanup. …

… microbial communities are affected by warming events. More time-series studies could help researchers improve … to act as a carbon sink. Summary As global temperatures rise, so do instances of extreme weather events such as … 2010 and 2016, Hallam and his colleagues collected more than 270 water samples. Genomic DNA extracted from the water …

…   Visualizing a novel, candidate viral genome found in the deep … Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). To learn more about how microbial populations respond to virus … are more common in deep biosphere microbial communities than had been thought. Lysogenic viruses, which prefer to …

… conditions. A recent study shows that when salinity is reduced in its environment, this alga reveals a … to sudden drops in salt levels, enabling it to take in more nutrients to fuel growth. The Impact Over the last 40 … years, summer sea ice in the Arctic has decreased by more than 30% in terms of quantity and thickness. Replacing …

… offers a first glimpse into a full season’s cycle of this polar environment. This cycle suggests a reliance on … polar regions to the deep ocean, cold environments occupy more space on Earth than any other ecosystem. Therefore, understanding the …

… members. Each of the researchers had their own reasons for wishing to serve on the UEC. For microbial ecologist Gilbert … to the UEC. Members serve three-year terms and can serve no more than two consecutive terms. The JGI solicited UEC …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our … complex switchgrass genome. The reference genome built off more than a decade of work; as sequencing technologies advanced, …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our … capabilities to assemble, identify, and characterize more than 200 microbial genomes that were mapped to nearly 30 …