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… also manages the Synthetic Biology Pathway Engineering group. His research focus includes engineering of non-model yeasts for production of biofuels and renewable chemicals, developing genome engineering tools for … sugar polymers in macroalgae and developing the first microbial platform technologies unlocking the potential of …

… recovered and identified from environmental samples (metagenomes). However, the quality and completeness of … the genomes of these viruses and associate them with their microbial hosts. However, assembling viral genomes from … based on open ocean samples. CheckV identified a total of 44,652 complete or near-complete viral genomes across both …

… Nucleocytoviricota , these giant viruses boast larger genomes than many bacteria. Until recently, understanding of … then co-culturing isolated viruses in eukaryotic  microbial hosts. Lately, researchers have used … to gain insight into the  genomes of giant viruses. In a new review, researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy …

… to 2016, in Florida alone this disease caused an estimated $4 billion in losses. Currently, ninety percent of Florida …

… 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 …

… Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant … available metagenomic datasets in JGI’s  Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) data suite—which … of 328 “high quality” (based on completeness) diverse new virophage genomes containing all four core genes. These …

… including areas where more or less capacity is needed, new capabilities desired, or capabilities that could be …

… do on the leaf surface. More specifically, they found that microbial community composition and functional potential … of conifer needle microbiomes across six sites spanning a 1000km section of the Rocky Mountains. This represents the … the JGI here . Bennett is applying the same experiment to a new environment. She is currently working on her thesis to …