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… CheckV can help researchers assess virus sequence fragments and data quality. The Science Through … technologies and computational approaches, more and more virus sequences are being recovered and identified from … the quality and completeness of metagenome-assembled virus sequences vary widely. In a previous effort, an …

… is a microbiology program that provides training and scientific contributions—including sequencing services and … participants. Over the past two years, Myco-Ed has been used in 15 individual classrooms across the country, … DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, and the DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase …

… resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system focused on carbon cycling studies, rather than for food or fuel … is estimated to be larger than any other single plant genus. Peatlands accumulate partially decomposed matter, and researchers estimate that they hold about 25 percent of the world’s soil carbon. In high …

… scale: fungi stretch a network of tendrils called arbuscules into a plant’s root cells, and both organisms … been able to study both sides of this interaction up close, using RNA sequencing to understand gene expression: one of … circular capture areas roughly 55-microns in diameter — about the width of a human hair. At such resolution, this …

… the total global methane production. They are thought to use billions of tons of the carbon dioxide trapped in … on the global carbon cycle. All methanogenic archaea use one of three pathways for methanogenesis: … and, acetoclastic. All three pathways require the gene cluster for methane production known as Mcr. Until recently, …

… detrimental microbial pathogens, and associated viruses that all contribute to a dynamic ecosystem. We are … influence, and are influenced by microbial partners. We use a variety of genomics-powered tools to study this … and complex ecosystem that includes bacteria, fungi, viruses. Resident viruses can be found in a myriad of bacterial …

… New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, regulate Earth’s climate. Most methane is produced … Alternate Metabolic Pathways And there is something special about these new lineages recently tied to methanogenesis. …

… Learn more about MycoCosm, a data portal with over 2,000 fungal genomes …

… in hot springs. Hear how their recent work revealed more about the history of the Chloroflexota phylum and a new way …